Entity Dossier
Person
A.B. Ordway
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Competitive AdvantageMedia Mastery as Operational ToolStrategic PatternGovernment as Business PartnerCornerstone MoveWashington Before the Workplace StrategyCornerstone MoveMake Big Jobs Small Through Equipment VisionRelationship LeverageContinuous Negotiation Over BattleSignature MovePersonal Access Over Institutional ChannelsStrategic PatternCrisis as Expansion OpportunitySignature MoveRecord-Breaking as Relationship BuildingSignature MoveSuccess Through Strategic InnocenceSignature MovePublic Pressure as Government LeverageOperating PrinciplePermeable Organization Boundaries
Primary Evidence
"When Kaiser was still in Canada, his right-hand man, A.B. Ordway, asked if Kaiser would give his men Page 20 the Canada Day holiday (July 1) off. Kaiser said no, there was no reason for Americans to observe a Canadian holiday. When Ordway asked if they could have the Fourth of July off, Kaiser said there was no reason to observe an American holiday in Canada. 22 Kaiser was going to squeeze every minute of labor he could from his men."
Source:Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington - The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur
"In early 1921, A.B. Ordway took his first vacation since Kaiser hired him in 1912 (vacations, or the lack thereof, are a common theme in many Kaiser stories)."
Source:Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington - The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur