Who is Daniel Charles

[LoneWolf]

The latest I have seen in senior and published areas of our large multinational company and is now being bandied around at all levels is the 'Onboarding' session....

 

ha ha - i've recently been asked to provide 'onboarding documents'

 

 

expectation management

who stole my cheese

capitalisation of resources

sacrifice personal ambition for team rewards

virtualisation of brand awareness

do what I do and not what I say

reposition your attitude to take advantage of local gateways

 

 

 

;-)

 

 

 

I used to wear a tie to work.

Then I resigned and became a gypsy.

 

Well of course one must manage the expectations of your staff and clients!

 

Have you read Who moved my Cheese? - iirc its basic message is 'stop whining about change you idiot' told with cartoon mice - go figure, maybe management are that bad if it has become a 'classic'

 

We also used to have 'step change' and 'sea change' which seemed to be used interchangeably despite (i think) having opposite meanings.

 

I dont have a problem with 'helicopter view' though - it's just polite shorthand for 'knowing more about the overall situation and direction we want to go in' and it works quite well as a visual metaphor

[rubblequeen]

My wife brought a great one home today from her most senior boss . He told them they had to "go off piste" I checked that she had heard him correctly and had. Maybe the winter olympics had inspired him.

 

Just make sure this thread doesn't get "stuck in the winding hole"

[RLWP]

ha ha - i've recently been asked to provide 'onboarding documents'

 

 

 

 

Well of course one must manage the expectations of your staff and clients!

 

Have you read Who moved my Cheese? - iirc its basic message is 'stop whining about change you idiot' told with cartoon mice - go figure, maybe management are that bad if it has become a 'classic'

 

We also used to have 'step change' and 'sea change' which seemed to be used interchangeably despite (i think) having opposite meanings.

 

I dont have a problem with 'helicopter view' though - it's just polite shorthand for 'knowing more about the overall situation and direction we want to go in' and it works quite well as a visual metaphor

 

I found 'who moved my cheese' to be more subtle than that

 

Were there cartoons in it?

 

Richard

[junior]

I used to hear one of my old military officers telling people to "get your dick out of my custard.

[LoneWolf]

I found 'who moved my cheese' to be more subtle than that

 

Were there cartoons in it?

 

Richard

 

Well it was a while ago so my memory could be playing tricks...it did have pictures didn't it? or did i imagine them?

 

did it have another message?

I agree though, To be effective it should be a subtly given message - someone who is afraid of change wont respond to a blunt 'change is inevitable, get used to it' message.

 

Perhaps i should rephrase: It is an effective book in showing those who fear change that change is not something to be afraid of'

 

then we can start managing their expectations and onboard them into an off-piste direction, going forwards

[Alan de Enfield]

 

 

 

then we can start managing their expectations and onboard them into an off-piste direction,..........

 

Its all going 'down hill' then ?

[David Mack]

My wife brought a great one home today from her most senior boss . He told them they had to "go off piste"

Are you sure he wasn't recommending a heavy drinking session?

[Charles]

Postcard received from friend on skiing holiday

 

"on the piste, off the piste, always piste!"

[RLWP]

going forwards

There was a woman on the radio describing how 'they were making plans for the future going forwards'

 

Must be a time traveller if that was something new

 

Richard

[LoneWolf]

There was a woman on the radio describing how 'they were making plans for the future going forwards'

 

Must be a time traveller if that was something new

 

Richard

 

'going forwards' is the worst one

[Dyertribe]

OMG FFS that's 100 times worse!!

 

 

MtB

I think you should run it up the flagpole and see if it flies.

 

 

 

If it does I think we should touch base.

 

 

 

What! What?

Just get your people to call my people. Yah?

[carlt]

i hate the term Blue Sky Thinking.

I prefer the term "Blue String Thinking"

 

Now that isn't "thinking outside the box" it is most definitely "in the box" (You know...the one full of frogs)

[RLWP]

Froglets, surely?

 

Richard