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Yea, uh, sorry Bill, but no one in this office actually cares about that thing
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Yea, uh, sorry Bill, but no one in this office actually cares about that thing

Everything in some organizations can feel important and urgent and "I needed this yesterday." A lot of that is just BS.

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Ted Bauer
Oct 07, 2019
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Used to have this gig in 2014-2015. It was a 200-person company. It was privately-held and the CEO was everything to everyone. A couple of us peons used to have this joke. Joke goes like this: if you wanted a new project approved at this company, you basically needed a form that said, in essence --- >

  • Tell me what the project is

  • Tell me how this is the CE…

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