Lesson for corporate executives
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her
shower when the doorbell rings.
After a few seconds of arguing over which one should go and answer the
doorbell, the wife gives up, quickly wraps herself up in a towel and
runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next
door neighbour. Before she says a word, Bob says,” I’ll give you 800
dollars to drop that towel that you have on.”
After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked
in front of Bob.
After a few seconds, Bob hands her 800 dollars and leaves. Confused,
but excited about her good fortune, the woman wraps back up in the
towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets back to the bathroom, her
husband asks from the shower “Who was that?”
“It was Bob the next door neighbour,” she replies.
“Great,” the husband says, “did he say anything about the 800 dollars he
owes me?”
Moral of the story:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk in
time with your stakeholders, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable
exposure