Work and non-work
It is going to be a long day. A very long day indeed. As I sit here, mentally steeling myself for a five-hour ‘business event’ that is surely going to be the 21st century equivalent of one of Leni Riefenstahl’s films of a Nazi rally — only slightly less enjoyable, and with none of the shiny-buttoned uniforms — some phrases randomly pop into my head:
• Team-building.
• Networking.
• Brainstorming.
• Long-term budget forecasting.
• Five-year plan.
• Pre-meeting meeting.
• Post-meeting meeting.
• Breakout session.
• Thinking out of the box.
• 360 degree project.
And then I wonder: whatever happened to the lost art of just quietly getting on with one’s job? Anyone?