It has been a heck of a week. From finding out on Monday I was going to be on this project-to making my final preparations and getting ready to get on a plane this weekend. I’ll keep you guess where I am going for a while-but I’ll give you a hint it is a new place for me. And its for a protracted period of time. I’d be more excited-except as I am watching this particular drama unfold, its pretty obvious that- for at least the first couple of weeks, I will be putting in some pretty long hours. Not because I need to-but because the people who have concted the schedule-refuse to push back against some pretty stupid ideas. The result with probably be a train wreck with me in the middle.
Till then-I just have to enjoy the ride.
Which brings me to a point. Managment-at least in the organization I work with (not my company) has gotten way too used to having everything go its way. Rather than step back and take a breath and ask itself, ” Do we really need to get all of this work done in two weeks? ( With a ton of “go backs” over the next six.)- why not take a longer period of time. Work some normal hours and produce a really good product? Especially for something that may turn out to be important.
I blame part of it on people and part of it on technology. The technology piece is due to the advent of e-mail and other devices-leaders refuse to let go and let the folks do the job. We have seen our schedule changed three times for at least six stupid reasons that I can think of. The other part is on people-on especially on one person who has made a pretty silly decision and refused to back away from it.
Fortunately for me-I am not so much in the thick of it. I just have to stay alert and avoid flying debris when the train wreck happens.
Tickets anyone? ALL ABOARD!