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Taxes to rise to pay for "Earth on Rocks" Initiative - Moscow, 16th August, 2030 In a co-ordinated but controversial attempt to combat global warming, United Nations announced in Moscow yesterday a commitment of a further $10 trillion for initiative to transport ice from polar regions of Mars to Earth’s own frozen wastes, thus reducing soaring median temperatures of our planet by a targeted 4 degrees Celsius within 50 years. The program will also see water from warmest of our seas siphoned out of Earth’s atmosphere and jettisoned in to deep space to assist with drop in global temperatures and to maintain current sea levels. The initiative will result in higher taxes for every person on earth, according to global "polluter pays" matrix established last year, with US citizens expected to pay most - an extra two cents in dollar in income tax. Opponents are sceptical of benefits, citing increased pollution from spacecraft used to "fire" blocks of ice from Mars and others which later adjust blocks’ trajectory before entry into Earth’s atmosphere, maintaining this will only add to greenhouse gases and eventually global warming. Excavation of ice on Mars by a mixed team of human beings and robots proceeds according to plan, although rumours of demands for huge pay increases among drilling contractors are rife. While human contractors do not land on Mars, supervising robot operations from orbit, long periods in space and lack of physical comforts have apparently led to disquiet. Stories abound that contractors only complied with UN conditions after secret agreements were reached over huge mineral reserves elsewhere on Mars. Well publicised horror stories of what could happen if control over one of 10-mile ice cubes is lost during re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere have alarmed many scientific observers. The probable loss of over 50% of ice due to re-entry burn up is also well documented, but program is still considered essential. Testing of "soft landing" techniques used to minimise impact in Arctic and Antarctic have faced "technical difficulties", but apparently are now proceeding more smoothly and involve slowing blocks of ice to minimum permissible speed to sustain flight as close to ground as possible before ice "plops" on to polar ice caps. As today’s children in 3rd grade all know, our water evaporation rate increases by about 5%-10% per degree of increase in temperature. In last thirty years world has heated up twice as quickly as people thought at turn of millennium and because of evaporation we simply do not have enough rainfall to replenish fresh water. In answer to a question during virtual meeting, UN Secretary General Kropotkin, 56, said, "Some would call this a desperate measure. In all honesty I would agree, but what else can we do? We know that we have inherited consequences of how our planet was handled by our most recent predecessors, but wailing and gnashing of teeth achieve nothing. We have to persevere with this, as we have no alternative. If initiative is successful, Earth’s climate will be stabilised and we can look forward to a secure future, including possible return of air travel to some degree so that I can answer your charming questions face to face. We all know alternative and, sir, what have you done today to reduce global warming?" Wilder speculation focuses on potential release from melting ice on Earth of little green men and "Martian mega viruses", for which there may be no antidote. People seemed less concerned about sudden impact on heads of Earth’s few remaining penguins and polar bears of millions of tons of Martian ice. As one seasoned journalist remarked, "With or without ice, sometimes you end up with a headache."

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And so new generation continues to flounder. Whilst for many companies it is already too late to do anything, those who do still have time, who do still have a few of old heads still left, would be well advised to start to listen to some of comments, to seek them out and ask their advice, to include them in discussions of strategy and tactics. They should make use of their experience before it is too late.

It is a truism that life in general is too short to learn from our own mistakes. We should make use of others' experience and learn from their mistakes. So it is for a company. The sum of experience within a company is an asset which must guarded and looked after and drawn on as needed. It absolutely must not be thrown away before it has been preserved, recorded, and passed on to next business generation.

So value your older employees and accept that they still have something to offer. Don't let them just drift off into retirement or redundancy. Use them to train new generation before they go. Get them to give their comments on way company is run. You may not always like what you hear, but you may learn something of real value.