…believe that motivation is how the powerful steal from the dumb." The CEO says, "Tell them I hate their guts." The Boss says, "I did that in the pre-meeting."
…"It turns out that no one wants to buy a criminally mismanaged quagmire. So you're all set." Dogbert says, "Maybe next time you won't skip the pre-meeting."
"Did you set up my pre-meeting for Wednesday?" "Yes. It's on Thursday." "You scheduled my pre-meeting for the day after the meeting?" "That was the only day that everyone could make it." "There's no point in having a pre-meeting after the actual meeting." "Sure there is. You can talk about how much better…
"Wow! You're a decorated army combat veteran." "That's the kind of toughness we need around here. You're hired!" "Then we'll have a pre-meeting to discuss leveraging our synergies to productize our content." "GAAA!!!"
"Let's have a pre-meeting before your meeting with our vice president." "Don't mention any problems because he might try to fix them." "Don't say anything about budgets or deadlines because he might reduce them." "Leave out the technical stuff because it will only confuse him." "That leaves me nothing…
Career Day "And that's why you should have a pre-meeting before every meeting." "Any questions?" "How long will my generation need to work? A month?" "Sixty years." "I see that you've connected all the dots."
