My full interview with Dr. Robert Bradley is now posted at the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship site.
Most journalistic accounts of the Enron mess focus on the accounting manipulations toward the end and miss the politicized business strategy and public-relations corporate culture that got Enron into trouble in the first place.
Robert Bradley worked at Enron for 16 years. For Enron’s last seven years he was director of public policy research. In that role he worked directly with Enron’s CEO, Ken Lay, for whom he also wrote speeches. Lay was convicted in 2005 of fraud and conspiracy.
Last month about one-third of my interview with Bradley was published in Kaizen. So for all the insider details Dr. Bradley has to offer about Lay, Jeff Skilling, Andy Fastow, and the other key players, enjoy the full interview.