If I must deal with shit…

Wreathed in the stench of
insincere mission, vision,
and values statements,
the hypocrisy
of auctioned off integrity,
the arrogant self-aggrandisement,
of impact and influence,
that nurtures nothing,
not even self-worth,
I day-dream of…

leadership training

“This organisation wants authentic commitment”

conversion

“Now,  I’ve turned down your emotions,
to prevent future commotions.
And I’ve increased your ambition –
that should help with your condition.
Just one more gentle correction
to your systematic misperceptions…”

VIP forum

The drumming of the rain
quiet but relentless
pulls me away

ambition(lessness) and not-the-marshmallow-test

It’s not good enough to be happy,
it’s a deficit to be content.
It’s important to rise to a level where
you can be sad and incompetent.

There is a test that I came across somewhere and I wish I could find a reference for it now. It’s not the delayed gratification marshmallow test, it’s much more interesting.

“I think… I’m rebelling, sir”

Like Kryten, I’ve painted a picture:

pig cf long pig

In the midst of the current irrational panic buying and idiotic hoarding my pig broke into the feedbin and ate 2 weeks worth of food in one go. And I thought she was smarter than humans…

Talking to Samuel

I went to a conference recently, and on my return I had to fill in a form saying what contacts I’d made, what benefits would flow from them, what impact they would have.

What I did not put on the form was this, even though it was the best “contact” that I made:

“Impact”

I’ve been looking at performance and promotion criteria and metrics lately, and a word that comes up over and over and over again is IMPACT.