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{{a|devil|}}{{d|Consultation|/ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/|n}}To defeat an idea you | {{a|devil|}}{{d|Consultation|/ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/|n}}To defeat an idea you don’t like by listening to it, nodding sympathetically, maintaining eye contact and then just [[ignoring]] it. | ||
Management “consultation” works — “works” as in “functions”, as opposed to “arrives at the desired outcome” — by harnessing the power of constructively [[ignore|ignoring]]. | Management “consultation” works — “works” as in “functions”, as opposed to “arrives at the desired outcome” — by harnessing the power of constructively [[ignore|ignoring]]. | ||
Management forms a plan, and by way of execution, selects a focus group hand-picked out of the most compliant and disinterested staff available to “workshop” the idea. Once the workshop phase is completed, management carries on with the original plan. | Management forms a plan, and by way of execution, selects a focus group of [[Subject matter expert|subject matter experts]] hand-picked out of the most compliant and disinterested staff available to “workshop” the idea. Once the workshop phase is completed, management carries on with the original plan. | ||
If the focus group has been well-chosen, its feedback — if it even has any — will be somewhere on a continuum between idiotic and sycophantic. So management can ignore it. | If the focus group has been well-chosen, its feedback — if it even has any — will be somewhere on a continuum between idiotic and sycophantic. So management can ignore it. | ||
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In 18 months time, under new management, a new enquiry will be launched into why this particular business is so inefficient, expensive and unproductive. | In 18 months time, under new management, a new enquiry will be launched into why this particular business is so inefficient, expensive and unproductive. | ||
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*[[subject matter expert]] | |||
*[[Thought leader]] | |||
*[[Self-perpetuating autocracy]] | |||