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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. | 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 | 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 hell won’t be anyone on an [[opco]] or a [[steerco]], because that is not in their [[service catalog]]. | ||
And besides, “touching the steering wheel” — | And besides, “touching the steering wheel” — surely the “manual labour” for our neurotic times — gives you ''[[redundancy]]'' risk. | ||
And you don’t go ''there'', girlfriend. | And you don’t go ''there'', girlfriend. | ||