Message-ID: <13612869.1075861996829.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:32:07 -0800 (PST) From: wms@kainon.com To: mark.whitt@enron.com Subject: Enron in Texas Monthly too Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: wms X-To: Whitt, Mark X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MWHITT (Non-Privileged)\Whitt, Mark\Inbox X-Origin: Whitt-M X-FileName: MWHITT (Non-Privileged).pst <> I just opened my Texas Monthly, only to find more Enron news. Did you see it? The article entitled "HOW ENRON BLEW IT" Enron's Cutthroat Culture (on the cover) Texas Monthly, November 2001 By Mimi Swartz For Houston's sake as the Energy Capital, we hope the best for Enron as it turns this thing around. Attached is the article and below is the link and an excerpt. If you have any comments on the article, we always like to hear them. Best, Mark W. Mark Shirley, CPA 281.374.6700x230 www.kainon.com http://www.texasmonthly.com/mag/issues/authors/mimiswartz.php INTRO EXCERPT The Houston-based energy giant put the pursuit of profits ahead of all other corporate goals, which fostered a climate of workaholism and paranoia. And that was only part of the problem. (from the table of contents). Less than a year ago, the Houston-based energy behemoth had everything: money, power, glitz, smarts, new ideas, and a CEO who wanted to make it the most important company in the world. Now its stock is down, Wall Street is bearish, and the CEO is gone. What went wrong? "It ain't what you don't know that gets you in trouble; it's what you know for sure that ain't so." -Mark Twain K A I N O N G R O U P Consulting + Staffing + Recruiting