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    We were asked to fill in a form of memberships, qualifications, etc. so training could be worked out.

    I asked about contractors - they said "everyone, then we know what skills we have in-house in total".

    A PowerPoint went out including a slide with a summary of the results.

    I couldn't read it so I downloaded it and emailed myself at home yesterday.

    I've just gone to have a look at it. Go to the slide, click on the tiny bar chart and ...

    ... you can open it in Excel and ...

    ... there's a bunch of tabs: "analysis", "training needs", "summary data", "graphs" and ...

    ... "raw data".

    Everybody's answers in a table.

    Oops.

    I wonder how many laws would be broken if I were to publish everyone's answers on the intranet?

    I think I'll just delete this and forget I ever saw it.
    My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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      In a meeting last week I managed to say:

      "By undertaking this prioritisation exercise we've been forced to wake up and smell the coffee, line our ducks up in a row, then run them up the flagpole to see which ones get saluted, with a view to efficiency-centric optimisation moving forward. Then we'll just need to cascade the helicopter view out to the business, engage our stakeholders and then we'll be galloping on up to a brighter future."

      I spent all lunchtime thinking that up and rehearsing it.

      To my utter dismay,the reaction was sage-like nodding of heads.

      Frightening.

      Feel free to try it out for yourselves.
      My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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        I found a Churchill photo.
        My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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          Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
          Yeah baby!

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            Morning all

            Been off since Thursday, (Fridays off anyway, and took a sickie yesterday) so anything good happened?

            Apparently my new permie is supposed to be a babe, so I await her arrival to see if the chaps were having me on or not.
            Cooking doesn't get tougher than this.

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              Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
              "By undertaking this prioritisation exercise we've been forced to wake up and smell the coffee, line our ducks up in a row, then run them up the flagpole to see which ones get saluted, with a view to efficiency-centric optimisation moving forward. Then we'll just need to cascade the helicopter view out to the business, engage our stakeholders and then we'll be galloping on up to a brighter future."
              That is legendary. Can I make a request for the inclusion of "Blue Sky Thinking" in your next one please.
              Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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                Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
                That is legendary. Can I make a request for "Blue Sky Thinking" in your next one please.
                Only if you can leverage your synergy and get into bed with them.
                Cooking doesn't get tougher than this.

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                  Originally posted by TheBigYinJames View Post
                  Only if you can leverage your synergy and get into bed with them.
                  I'd need a workshop (subject to bandwidth) so that I could hit the ground running, not spin my wheels and ensure that I was adding value.
                  Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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                    Morning all

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                      From the beeb news site yesterday:

                      50 office-speak phrases you love to hate
                      Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?

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