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Men and women who understand the deadline for everything, but the point of nothing.
Men and women who understand the deadline for everything, but the point of nothing, these are the blessèd folk whose lot in life is to assess your [[compliance]] with measurable criteria because — not being [[subject matter expert]]s — they have no means of assessing anything else.  
 
These are the blessèd folk whose lot in life is to assess your [[compliance]] with measurable criteria because — not being [[subject matter expert]]s — they have no means of assessing anything else.  


Your department’s commitment—probably given, in a typical moment of weakness or inattention, by the [[GC]] who was [[GC]] three [[GC]]s ago—to review annually the firm's fleet of template [[confidentiality agreement]]s is a fertile hunting ground for the kind of operational error incidents which are [[IA]]’s meat and drink.  
Your department’s commitment—probably given, in a typical moment of weakness or inattention, by the [[GC]] who was [[GC]] three [[GC]]s ago—to review annually the firm's fleet of template [[confidentiality agreement]]s is a fertile hunting ground for the kind of operational error incidents which are [[IA]]’s meat and drink.  
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The secret, for the most part, is to steer clear of [[service level agreements]], [[key performance indicators]], [[target operating model]]s. Articulate your contribution to the ongoing wellbeing  and measurable aspects of your performance. The experienced commercial solicitor is a vessel for ineffable wisdom. His output is incomprehensible genius. So in large part this is quite manageable.  
The secret, for the most part, is to steer clear of [[service level agreements]], [[key performance indicators]], [[target operating model]]s. Articulate your contribution to the ongoing wellbeing  and measurable aspects of your performance. The experienced commercial solicitor is a vessel for ineffable wisdom. His output is incomprehensible genius. So in large part this is quite manageable.  
[[Internal audit]] as we know it today has only become possible thanks to the information revolution, the advance of which technology naturally time-stamps and taxonomises the firing of every neuron that comprises a significant moment in a modern corporation’s life.
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*[[Bloatware]]
*[[Technology paradox]]


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