Wally says, "I took a class on being less useless. Now I see the world in a different light." Wally says, "For example, I recognize these staffmeetings as colossal wastes of time, but there's nothing I can do about them." Wally says, "Now my helplessness makes my uselessness seem unimportant."
The Boss says, "I want the entire staff to meet at 10 A.M. every day for a five-minute huddle." The Boss says, "We'll use this high-energy stand-up meeting to solve problems and share successes." The Boss says," Who has a problem that can be solved in a minute?" Wally says, "I'm tired. Can I sit on you?…
"your staffmeeting will take an hour of my life that I will never get back." "If you let me skip the meeting, I will agree, to die an hour earlier to make up the difference." "He agreed?" "Yes, and I'm going to use that extra hour of deadness to haunt hum."
"I enjoyed meeting your staff. Keep up the good work." "This isn't my staff. I report to the guy who reports to you." "Really? Which one of you reports to me?" "Well, that explains why you keep hanging around outside my office." "I've been going to your office for years, waiting for you to get off the…
"Carol, schedule a staffmeeting." "What's the topic?" "I plan to fuse Six Sigma with lean methods to eliminate the gap between our strategy and our objectives." "I'll just say 'Waste of time'."
…your name?" "I'm Ed, from sales." "Only two companies make this type of product. The prices are identical." "The difference is that our engineering staff brings genius and innovation to everything it touches." "Whereas my competitor employs this loser." "Really? I wondered why you didn't look familiar…
