Thanks Michael for pointing to this amusing and very relevant post.
A few additions: - What was the agenda? - Wife's going to shout at me again for getting late! - I'll have to cancel the tickets to the movie this evening! - If they had to discuss it between two of them, why were we called? - Why can't he stop talking about all great things he did during his last client meeting? - Weather must be beautiful outside!
But if you had a prepared, fast, effective, concise meeting, what was the point of having a meeting. It goes with, if you could write a one page document that said all you needed to say, it wouldn't look like much, so we'll make it a 100 page document that says exactly the same thing, but look how much work was involved, so it must be better. There is little credit for being accurate and concise, you get more credit for dribble and fluff, just as long as there are lots of pages.......to be concise quantity doesn't equal quality.
Thanks Michael for pointing to this amusing and very relevant post.
ReplyDeleteA few additions:
- What was the agenda?
- Wife's going to shout at me again for getting late!
- I'll have to cancel the tickets to the movie this evening!
- If they had to discuss it between two of them, why were we called?
- Why can't he stop talking about all great things he did during his last client meeting?
- Weather must be beautiful outside!
More like $100 x 12 x 3 = $3600.
ReplyDeleteBut if you had a prepared, fast, effective, concise meeting, what was the point of having a meeting. It goes with, if you could write a one page document that said all you needed to say, it wouldn't look like much, so we'll make it a 100 page document that says exactly the same thing, but look how much work was involved, so it must be better. There is little credit for being accurate and concise, you get more credit for dribble and fluff, just as long as there are lots of pages.......to be concise quantity doesn't equal quality.