Adrian Stott wrote: > Baz Juniper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 15 Jan 2009, at 11:02, Adrian Stott wrote: >> >>> The (still highly recommended) book "Parkinson's Law" contains >>> several essays in addition to the one about "Work expands so as to >>> fill the time available for its completion". >>> >>> One is about how the completion of a purpose-built HQ is a sure sign >>> that the organisation to occupy it is about to fail. My experience >>> with corporate real estate suggests Mr Parkinson (*not* the same as >>> the TV interviewer) was surprisingly accurate. >> >> Ah yes. Only last night on BBC2 we saw that nice Evan Davis play a >> clip from 2005 of the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP declaring open the shiny >> new UK Headquarters of Lehman Bros. >> >> Baz > > Perhaps it's a good thing, then, that BW's acquisition of a new > waterfront palace, er that should be "HQ", has been postponed in > favour of leased commercial premises? > > Adrian
Yeah...going there is like trying to find the planning department in HHGTTG http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book1.html At least WI has a HQ like BW said it wanted, ie one you could boat to and with a carpark. BTW bjg said the nu WI HQ is "officially" opening today. -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest Follow the travels of TNC, now in Ireland http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
