My son, a person I consider a genius in his own right, introduced me to Seth Godin whom he described as a genius in a twitter tweet. This tweet led me to Seth’s blog and specifically to the post: “What’s the point?”
Seth describes how an idea turns into a meeting and then into a project where ” people get brought along, there’s free donuts, there’s a whiteboard and even a conference call.” My whole corporate life was like this. More time was wasted MEETING about a projected idea than actually implementing the idea.
The TV show “The Office” personifies this so well where time is always wasted doing work definitely NOT worth doing. I was a fan of the British series before the American version came about. It amazes me how the show epitomizes “work” in the corporate environment I knew.
The Office is going into its seventh season. Like everything else, it will come to an end. In the mean time, check out Seth Godin’s blog. I think my son was right, he is a genius.