Notes left for the next Boeing CEO
Leave three envelopes on the desk for the next CEO with instructions.
First envelope reads "Open when times get tough"
Second envelopes reads "Open when things go bad"
Third envelope reads "Open when times are tough and everything is going bad"
New CEO comes in. Sure enough about 9 months in, things get tough. So the first envelope is opened. One line of instructions, "Blame me". So the CEO does that and things smooth out.
A couple months later things are going badly, so the second envelope is opened. It reads... "Re-org!" That solves the problems for a while.
Then things get tough again and everything going really bad, all at once. So the CEO opens the third envelope.... "Prepare three envelopes."