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An [[operating committee]], so sayeth [https://www.chron.com/ the website Chron.com], does ''not'' oversee day-to-day operations, but rather “deals with operational functions from a [[Strategic over tactical|strategic]] level”. | {{g}}An [[operating committee]], so sayeth [https://www.chron.com/ the website Chron.com], does ''not'' oversee day-to-day operations, but rather “deals with operational functions from a [[Strategic over tactical|strategic]] level”. | ||
As we know, a [[steering committee]] decides ''where'' to steer the car. The [[operating committee]] decides ''how'' to steer it. But neither of them actually | As we know, a [[steering committee]] decides ''where'' to steer the car. The [[operating committee]] decides ''how'' to steer it. But neither of them ''actually'' steers it. That is left to the good old [[Subject matter expert|subject matter experts]] — those lucky few who have not been outsourced, robotised or made redundant — to actually turn the wheel. | ||
One bulwark the benighted [[SME]] can rely on is that, however grim employment conditions become, [[middle management]] cannot lay ''everyone'' off, because ''someone'' in the [[service line]] has to touch the steering wheel, and it sure as well won’t be anyone on an [[opco]] or a [[steerco]]. Because that is not in their [[service catalog]]. | One bulwark the benighted [[SME]] can rely on is that, however grim employment conditions become, [[middle management]] cannot lay ''everyone'' off, because ''someone'' in the [[service line]] has to touch the steering wheel, and it sure as well won’t be anyone on an [[opco]] or a [[steerco]]. Because that is not in their [[service catalog]]. | ||
And besides, “touching the steering wheel” — manual labour for our neurotic times — gives you ''redundancy'' risk. | And besides, “touching the steering wheel” — manual labour for our neurotic times — gives you ''[[redundancy]]'' risk. | ||
And you don’t go ''there'', girlfriend. | And you don’t go ''there'', girlfriend. | ||
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An operating committee, so sayeth the website Chron.com, does not oversee day-to-day operations, but rather “deals with operational functions from a strategic level”.
As we know, a steering committee decides where to steer the car. The operating committee decides how to steer it. But neither of them actually steers it. That is left to the good old subject matter experts — those lucky few who have not been outsourced, robotised or made redundant — to actually turn the wheel.
One bulwark the benighted SME can rely on is that, however grim employment conditions become, middle management cannot lay everyone off, because someone in the service line has to touch the steering wheel, and it sure as well won’t be anyone on an opco or a steerco. Because that is not in their service catalog.
And besides, “touching the steering wheel” — manual labour for our neurotic times — gives you redundancy risk.
And you don’t go there, girlfriend.