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               Watching               how               things               played               out               in               Washington               recently,               it               all               started               sounding               familiar.

Too               familiar.

Some               people               like               to               say               that               private               companies               function               better               than               government,               but               this               latest               display               only               points               out               how               any               large               organization               of               humans               will               find               ways               to               suck.

Let's               review:
               A               lot               of               bold               talk               by               leaders               creates               a               crisis               and               a               deadline               that               otherwise               didn't               exist.

At               the               end               of               June               we               were               all               made               to               work               the               weekend               because               the               project               absolutely               had               to               go               to               senior               management               before               the               holiday               break.

Then               when               we               finished,               the               CFO               said               "I               won't               have               time               to               look               at               this               until               August."               It's               clear               that               the               two               managers               involved               had               created               the               deadline               themselves               in               an               attempt               to               impress               the               CFO,               who,               it               turns               out,               doesn't               care.

               Macho               posturing               takes               precedence               over               trying               to               get               something               done.

How               many               times               does               your               boss               interrupt               your               work               or               make               you               postpone               something               so               you               can               go               to               a               meeting               where               he               brags               about               how               "things               will               be               different"?

Listening               to               bragging               is               the               #2               waste               of               my               time,               after               status               meetings               of               course.

               Only               in               the               last               hours               do               people               finally               start               to               focus.

While               the               project               remains               weeks               away,               there               is               no               urgency               from               the               boss               to               approve               anything,               even               though               the               timeline               says               he's               already               days               behind               and               holding               things               up.

Threats               of               late               delivery               fall               on               deaf               ears               until               we're               a               week               away.

               Some               leaders               get               worried               it               won't               be               finished               on               time,               so               they               begin               efforts               to               shift               the               blame               on               others               EVEN               THOUGH               IT               HASN'T               YET               FAILED.

This               is               a               favorite               of               mine.

There's               an               account               director               who               doesn't               really               understand               what               we               do,               and               she               gets               nervous               as               deadlines               approach.

Rather               than               giving               us               space               to               do               our               jobs,               she               tries               to               interfere               and               micromange.

When               we               push               back               and               our               boss               actually               backs               us               up,               then               she               walks               around               the               office               trying               to               point               out               how               no               one               will               listen               to               her,               and               the               project               is               going               to               fail               because               our               department               is               incompetent.

               As               it               is               nearly               done,               people               shift               their               focus               towards               efforts               to               take               the               credit,               even               though               it               is               not               yet               done               and               could               still               fail.

While               we               were               waiting               for               a               manager               in               another               department               to               approve               the               changes               to               his               section,               he               delayed               for               a               day,               and               instead               sent               a               note               to               the               CEO               and               CFO               saying               how               his               department               had               really               pulled               together               in               the               last               minute               to               get               the               project               done,               and               what               a               success               it               was.

The               only               thing               was               IT               WASN'T               DONE               YET.

               Finally               it's               done               and               everyone               hates               it,               but               it               gets               pushed               out               anyway               because               not               to               would               be               admitting               failure.

Any               project               that               requires               compromise               and               has               multiple               bosses               either               dies               a               painful               death,               or               is               to               big               to               fail               and               goes               out               a               real               stinker.

               Everyone               promises               to               learn               their               lesson               but               nobody               does.

The               day               after               the               project               ships,               everyone               meets               to               discuss               what               went               wrong               and               how               to               avoid               it.

But               I               don't               know               why               we               even               take               notes,               because               no               one               is               ever               held               accountable,               and               we               just               repeat               the               same               criticisms               from               all               past               projects.

               People               continue               to               plot               their               next               move               to               gin               up               a               new               crisis               to               make               them               look               good               and               their               rivals               look               bad,               because               the               company's               interests               don't               matter               as               much               as               their               own.

I've               seen               times               when               talented               people               are               pulled               off               projects               for               some               trumped               up               emergency,               in               an               attempt               to               railroad               the               other               manager's               project,               and               thus               look               better.

I've               also               seen               people               hold               back               some               key               resource               until               the               last               minute               so               they               can               look               like               the               hero.

If               someone               in               a               cubical               tried               this,               they'd               be               fired;               but               if               you               have               an               office,               this               is               just               politics               as               usual.

Anything               I               missed?






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