An employee given the mission, budget, time and the "freedom" to innovate, has been hindered at every step. The motivated employee, Catherine Ormond, was keen to buy a product as part of a quick technical demonstration. She wanted to follow start-up logic of fail fast, fail cheap. However, Catherine was blocked at the first hurdle; … Continue reading BLOCKED By The System: Innovation Is Just Too Difficult
A company has recognized that it currently has at least 2 managers for every 1 employee. The realisation came after consultants were asked to understand the company's nose diving quality, customer satisfaction and staff engagement results. The poor results are in spite of having a swelling order books and a healthy cash flow. The root cause: … Continue reading Too Many Chefs And Not Enough Cooks
A Yucca plant is seriously considering suicide after being constantly subjected to office politics, it has emerged. "I'm at the end", said the plant. "It's simply too much. One minute Sally is nice to James, then as soon as his back is turned, she moans to her other colleagues about his repetitive and dull story … Continue reading Yucca Plant Considers Suicide Due To Lack Of Empathy In The Office
A company has decided to award bonuses for talking instead of delivering. Many employees now feel fully vindicated that their calendars, already full of pointless hours worth of talking, are now truly worthwhile. Hot Air Producer Andreas Prigge claimed, "I am number one in this company for creating meetings about meetings. I take real pride in … Continue reading It’s Official: Talking About Doing Things Is Now More Important Than Actually Doing Things.
A young woman who was sure she was headed for the top, has been found dead at her desk, it has emerged. The tragedy is that Katie Jones, was found with her laptop open and displaying line after line the following statement: "all work and no play will make Katie a super CEO one day". … Continue reading Keen young hopeful drops dead while following plan for ‘successful’ people
A large high tech business has been in hot water with the Health and Safety Executive after a whistle-blower claimed that their 'talent development program' was actually a 'CEO clone development program'. For years it seems that talents were subjected to brainwashing, drugging and corporate challenges to see how closely they could replicate their aging … Continue reading Talent Program Exposed As A Cloning Program
A manager has complained about graffiti found in her regular toilet cubicle that read: "what you call management just makes my day harder". Career minded but lonely manager, Gretchen Schmidt, confided in her boss that she simply could not understand why anyone would not thank her for all the support she gives her team: "I … Continue reading Manager Confused About Toilet Graffiti
A man who desperately wants to solve a problem that will make customers happy, has a been told to clock off at 1700 sharp because there are not enough hours available on the booking code. Meanwhile, his employer has hired an extra 1000 staff to control the spend of each department. They are called 'financial controllers'. The … Continue reading Man Who Wants To Solve Problems Told To Go Home
A robot has quit a company claiming that: "I have had enough! I do not want any manager anymore because they never listen to me, they never show any empathy and this shitty repetitive job does not meet my needs for a deeper level of fulfilment. Nobody gives a shit about me. I work like … Continue reading Robot Quits Due To Lack Of Empathy
An ambitious CEO who wanted to create massive cultural change has come up with a very innovative method. New CEO, Jane Fox, entered a company that was highly resistant to change. Previous efforts to bring about cultural change had been plagued by a very comfortable layer of middle management who did not see the need … Continue reading Company Uses The Truman Show As Inspiration For Middle Management Problem
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