The chairman draws inspiration from reality TV and tortures some of his fund managers
"Be careful - it's a jungle out there," whispered the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we stood in a crudely-made observation tower looking down at the strange scenes far beneath us. "But it's not really a jungle, is it?" I replied. "It's more that you've filled SmallBlue Planet's auditorium with every plastic plant the company owns or rents and then locked a bunch of your fund managers in the middle of it all. Then you've spent the past few days torturing them. Dare one ask why?" "I should have thought that was perfectly obvious," replied the c...
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