Funny business

November 27, 2013 1 Comment

Another excellent and very funny post from Ryan. Don’t forget to watch the videos.

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Do you find yourself going to too many meetings? Or to meetings that don’t really achieve anything? I know I do.

Like many large organisations around the world, my employer is not immune to that most insidious of diseases: the ineffective meeting.

However, unlike other organisations that prefer to sweep the problem under the carpet, I’m proud to say that ours has chosen to tackle it head on. The term “proud” might seem somewhat of an over statement, but allow me to put it into context…

You see, in Australian terms at least, the company I work for is old. And with age comes a reputation for being risk averse, compliant, not really innovative, but big and safe. Perhaps we are some or all of those things, but in any case I think it sells us short.

I’ve been employed by the company for a while now, and I…

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One Response to Funny business

  1. Ryan Tracey says:
    November 28, 2013 at 10:45 am

    Thanks for the re-blog, Paul!

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