Middle management blues: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:59, 6 June 2018

With apologies to W. H. Auden^[1].

Stop all the key performance indicators, cut off the skype
Prevent internal audit complaining with a load of old tripe,
Silence the subject matter experts and with animated deck
Bring out the target operating model,
Let the stakeholders wreck.

Let escalations circle, rise and then dip
Scribble on the sky “can you run it by Chip?”
Put service level agreements round the service line’s necks,
Let the chief operating officer wear flannelene kecks.

You are my steerco and opco, my verbiage, my pass,
My CBT, my CPD (at which I am best in the class)
My deep dive, disclaimer, my eye-ess-dee-aye;
They said that call would last ten minutes: It lasted all day.

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 Prevent [[internal audit]] complaining with a load of old tripe,<br>
 Silence the [[subject matter expert]]s and with animated [[deck]]<br>
-Bring out the [[target operating model]], which [[stakeholders]] will wreck.<br>
+Bring out the [[target operating model]], <br>
+Let the [[stakeholders]] wreck.<br>
-Let [[escalation]]s circle, rise and then dip <br>
+Let [[escalation]]s circle, [[Circle of escalation|rise]] and then dip <br>
-Scribbling on the sky the message “Can you run it by [[Chip]]?”<br>
+Scribble on the sky “can you run it by [[Chip]]?”<br>
-Put [[service level agreement]]s round the necks of the [[service line]],<br>
+Put [[service level agreement]]s round the [[service line]]’s necks,<br>
-Let the [[chief operating officer]]s wear black cotton [[flannel|flannelene]]<br>
+Let the [[chief operating officer]] wear [[flannel|flannelene]] kecks.<br>
 You are my [[steerco]] and [[opco]], my [[verbiage]], my pass, <br>