Category: rambles
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The organisation chart
Oh yummie, I really love these charts. You can actually see who is being paid more than the other level. And sometimes you can find email addresses and phone numbers, right next to the title. Handy. I have worked in quite a few big companies that make tens, if not hundreds, of millions in turnover.…
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Leadership
Ask any mid to high level manager – the core of a company – what the difference is between management and leadership. Then sit back and enjoy either a discourse of an hour straight from “management 101” or observe the stuttering, generalist mumblings of someone who really never thought about it. “Management is about doing…
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The company
Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don’t much care where. The Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go. Alice: …so long as I get somewhere. The Cat: Oh,…
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Dreams
I dream a lot and can often remember them in detail after waking up. Topics range from pretty violent reactions to people who are basically nagging me (now there’s a reflection on my work), naked women walking around (no worries there) and some weird, almost philosophical discussions. Last night I was in a conversation with…
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Dancing a Nancy
Falling out of a world of lies,Could I have been dancing a Nancy?Could I have been anyone other than me? Dave Matthews got it right. I can dream about being someone else, but I am who I am. And if I could be dancing Nancies – and with some soul searching, I am. Really. So…
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Fear
I taught myself two mantras, or perhaps “questions I regularly ask myself”, that helped me get on to another platform altogether. They’re simple. Like most good things in life. “Why am I doing this?” is the first one. You’d be amazed how often you do things without realising that you actually don’t want to do…