Re: UKNM: Brainstorming - PC's Next Victim [No virus detected]

[Steve.Johnston]

Ashley, you can be so full of crap....


> Mediocrity multiplies - ten mediocre people working in a

> team produce ideas which are ten times as mediocre.


In my experience the sum of the parts is often greater than the whole,

regardless of the merits of the individuals present. Of course, in those

meetings, _I've_ been present, so perhaps they were a little special ;-)


Whatever you call them, and I particularly liked 'bluesky', they can be

invaluable opportunities to widen people's horizons and build a shared

vision for how to solve problems.


Just my tuppence.


Steve Johnston

CEO

Blue Sky


And, yes I do have a new job.


                    Ashley

                    Pomeroy              To:

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                    .org>                Subject:     Re: UKNM:

Brainstorming - PC's Next Victim [No virus detected]


                    10/01/2001

                    15:18


>>>>Apparently the word 'brainstorming' is offensive to folks with

cerebral palsy. The new PC word for it is, apparently,

'greenbraining'.<<<<


I would expect it to be offensive to dsylexic stunt pilots. Think about it

for a second.


I hate the word 'brainstorm'. It conjures up a mental image of

poorly-educated middle-managers in ill-fitting suits, promoted purely

because they fit in and buy drinks during office parties, sitting before a

sheet of paper on which is sketched a circle with 'What do you associate

with Bovril?'. Mediocrity multiplies - ten mediocre people working in a

team produce ideas which are ten times as mediocre.


'Greenbraining' makes me think of Graham Crowden from 'Britannia Hospital'

placing a rotting brain in a blender, blending it, and drinking the

results. And then I think of Malcolm McDowell, naked. Which makes me want

to gag.


Given the macho nature of business culture, how about 'bullrunning', or

'teambusting'? 'Synergism'? 'Mentanetting'? 'Dossing'?


-

"In the land of the blind, the blindest man is king"

Ashley Pomeroy -

arpslab [dot] org

 - http://www.ashleypomeroy.com/



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