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This means any well-meaning attempts the person in charge makes to fix things are bound to fail, in a way that is inextribably tied to that person. A dead man walking. | This means any well-meaning attempts the person in charge makes to fix things are bound to fail, in a way that is inextribably tied to that person. A dead man walking. | ||
Seen through the different prisms of the [[self-perpetuating autocracy]], this is what the doc unit means: | |||
*To [[sales]]: WHERE'S MY GODDAMN ISDA? | *To [[sales]]: WHERE'S MY GODDAMN ISDA? | ||
*To the [[chief operating officer]]: Why does this cost so much | *To the [[chief operating officer]]: Why does this department cost so much? Who the hell are these people? | ||
*To the [[general counsel]]: A | *To the [[general counsel]]: A royal pain in the arse. | ||
*To a [[change manager]]: | *To a [[change manager]]: an opportunity to right-shore to India, and credit for delayering the organisation | ||
In an [[investment bank]], being a place of universal grasping fixation on advancement, it isn't hard to find a stooge to take the role: all you have to do is present it as a [[stretch assignment]]; an opportunity for advancement: managing three hundred people, in six centres across seven time zones, with a chance to overhaul and rock the house on a franchise-critical operational function. Who would not leap at that? | In an [[investment bank]], being a place of universal grasping fixation on advancement, it isn't hard to find a stooge to take the role: all you have to do is present it as a [[stretch assignment]]; an opportunity for advancement: managing three hundred people, in six centres across seven time zones, with a chance to overhaul and rock the house on a franchise-critical operational function. Who would not leap at that? |