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Known fondly by [[management consultant]]s as an “'''[[SME]]'''” — or ''less'' fondly as a [[Morlock]]—a [[subject matter expert]] is one of those benighted people without whom the organisation would not function, who are nonetheless poorly paid, forced to live in a dungeon below ground, being routinely beaten by the inhabitants of the sedimentary layers of [[middle management]] and, if any [[management consultants]] engaged by [[middle management]] have anything to do with it, are shortly be made redundant.  
Known fondly by [[management consultant]]s as an “'''[[SME]]'''” — or ''less'' fondly as a [[Morlock]]—a [[subject matter expert]] is one of those benighted people without whom the organisation would not function, who are nonetheless poorly paid, forced to live in a dungeon below ground, being routinely beaten by the inhabitants of the sedimentary layers of [[middle management]] and, if any [[management consultants]] engaged by [[middle management]] have anything to do with it, are shortly be made redundant.  


Thereafter, when an [[Brexit|unexpected generational change in the business environment]], or [[coronavirus|another unexpected generational change in the business environment]] — they’re happening annually at the moment —will wreak havoc on the organisation, as squadrons of hastily-engaged [[contractors]] having no institutional knowledge, not a scooby-doo in the world what they are doing coupled with an abject lack of common sense, will attempt, by operation of the hive mind, to adjust the organisation’s [[direction of travel]] towards its new direction, with disastrous results.  
Thereafter, when an [[Brexit|unexpected generational change in the business environment]], or [[coronavirus|another unexpected generational change in the business environment]] — they’re happening annually at the moment —will wreak havoc on the organisation, as squadrons of hastily-engaged [[contractors]] having no institutional knowledge, not a scooby-doo in the world what they are doing and an abject lack of common sense will attempt, by operation of the hive mind, to adjust the organisation’s [[direction of travel]] towards some voguish new direction, probably involving the [[blockchain]], with disastrous results.  


Think ocean liners and icebergs.
Think ocean liners and icebergs.