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In any case case in as we move into this glorious millennium's second decade a whole new genre of career has | In any case case in as we move into this glorious millennium's second decade a whole new genre of career has hoved into view through the oily midwifery of [[LinkedIn]]: the ''[[panel discusser]]''. There are people who who, by all appearances, spend the majority of their working lives attending, or speaking on, [[panel discussion]]s. No topic is too arcane, no facet of the regulatory landscape too dreary, no selfie with fellow-panel members too prostrating of one's fragile self-esteem, that these men and women can resist the siren call of representation. | ||
Now if you're a junior partner in an offshore lawfirm | Now, if you're a junior partner in an offshore lawfirm you might rationalise this as a quick way of burnishing your credentials, building a profile, that's something. But for the middling ED in an in-house function, it's harder to explain. | ||
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Just what possesses people to post images to [[LinkedIn]] of themselves sitting awkwardly on a low stage in front of thirty bored associate directors, with “great [[panel discussion]] today about the [[EMIR refit]]!” | Just what possesses people to post images to [[LinkedIn]] of themselves sitting awkwardly on a low stage in front of thirty bored associate directors, with “great [[panel discussion]] today about the [[EMIR refit]]!” | ||
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Along with computer-based training and continuing professional development, the panel discussion — jammed between workshops at an all-day conference as cheap filler, like one of those dreary Inside Africa fillers that run on a loop on CNN international, watched only by business travelers captive of the Airport Hilton in Bucharest, is one of the great blights of a modern corporate life quite overwhelmed with them. This is not to say the keynote sessions that run aside of them are a whole lot better, but the idea of hearing an assemblage of aspiring junior partners, industry association inhouse counsel and random change management consultants mumble disinterestedly about the impact on market stability of transa —
Sorry where was I?
In any case case in as we move into this glorious millennium's second decade a whole new genre of career has hoved into view through the oily midwifery of LinkedIn: the panel discusser. There are people who who, by all appearances, spend the majority of their working lives attending, or speaking on, panel discussions. No topic is too arcane, no facet of the regulatory landscape too dreary, no selfie with fellow-panel members too prostrating of one's fragile self-esteem, that these men and women can resist the siren call of representation.
Now, if you're a junior partner in an offshore lawfirm you might rationalise this as a quick way of burnishing your credentials, building a profile, that's something. But for the middling ED in an in-house function, it's harder to explain.
The panel selfie
Just what possesses people to post images to LinkedIn of themselves sitting awkwardly on a low stage in front of thirty bored associate directors, with “great panel discussion today about the EMIR refit!”
What do they have in mind? Do they imagine their network to be flooded with envy, or jealousy, or remorse at the sparkling debate it now discovers it has missed?