You don't need to gag on work process during the holidays

Most of Cubicle Land during the holidays is a mix of hypocrisy and excess process designed to "keep people focused." It doesn't need to be that way.

Right now we're going to discuss work process -- and specifically work process during the holidays. A few days ago, I wrote a little ditty about chest-pounding managerial moves during the holiday season. Basically, someone's headed to a charity event or a family deal, and their manager is like "I need 28 analyses of that data by 9pm tonight." If you're …