Eighth floor, getting up in the world, this may be the height of your career. Be aware that if you or your mission is compromised you will disavow any knowledge of or connection to IMF. Good Luck!!
On Sep 14, 10:15 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Had the interview (suitably farcical) and have to wait until Friday > for the decision. Job itself looks typical of the area, so no > illusions about that! Accommodation on the eighth floor of the campus > with a view of the sea and wireless internet. All seems in place > except students - they seem to have overlooked this component of the > university. Sheik Faisal gave me some kind of vague assurance this > will be looked into in the five year strategic plan, but seemed smart > enough not just to swap bank accounts with me and let me run the job > from the Bahamas. The mission, should I be put in a position to > accept it, is quality control, broadly conceived as signing off on any > old crap. I may be built of the right technology. > > On 14 Sep, 01:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm sure someone of your caliber will easily secure a position, rots > > of ruck! > > > Hint: Don't act smart and you'll get it! > > > Over qualification can sometimes be threatening and present underlying > > fears of salary requirement. > > > On Sep 13, 6:50 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have a job interview later today - if there is any creativity left > > > in my circuits I could do with discharging it before that! > > > > On 13 Sep, 07:34, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Probably a test of virtue every now and then might not be entirely a > > > > bad thing unless one fails miserably, there is motive behind the > > > > coquet of one's wiles to consider when ladder climbing is essential > > > > for career success. Thinking can become a bit difficult when blood > > > > flow to the brain suddenly decreases so preparation is advisable and > > > > can keep one cool at the water cooler. I feel it has become > > > > increasingly difficult with the shift in gender ratio at any workplace > > > > environment. It's easier now to be snagged and taken down, it's not > > > > something to overlook or trifle with. As you say, if we can't get it > > > > right on the lower level we'll never make it to the top. > > > > > On Sep 12, 12:56 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Spot on Slip - not what we should be in the game for. Bad enough > > > > > being a young Lothario, yet alone a Grecian 2000ed one! There is a > > > > > certain sexual madness in any workplace -worth knowing it is there so > > > > > one can keep it at arm's length! If we can't spot this behavioural > > > > > stuff (many can't or get it all wrong) I doubt we can ever deal with > > > > > racism, sexism and general power-freaking. > > > > > > On 12 Sep, 18:37, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, So are the days of our lives. > > > > > > > On Sep 11, 11:22 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > The most creative program I watched this week was "Warplane" on > > > > > > > PBS. > > > > > > > Utterly amazing and inspiring!// Who is being "used"- the > > > > > > > professor or > > > > > > > the student? Academia reminds me of Hollywood sometimes. > > > > > > > > On Sep 10, 5:14 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Very interesting my friend. It's not that I don't concur but > > > > > > > > there > > > > > > > > are some areas of gray and, as you well know, shadows sometimes > > > > > > > > represent images that do not formulate the actual instance. > > > > > > > > Pat of > > > > > > > > course can have us dancing about the galaxy in search of > > > > > > > > substance but > > > > > > > > that does not negate the fact that we are still here in ME > > > > > > > > tossing > > > > > > > > about speculations. Students do have their delusions of > > > > > > > > achievement, > > > > > > > > some beyond logical comprehension. I'm just wondering how many > > > > > > > > voluptuous students passed your elevated bar via the path of > > > > > > > > libidinous satiation. Let's be real, for those of us who have > > > > > > > > been > > > > > > > > there, the opportunity for preferential treatment at certain > > > > > > > > levels > > > > > > > > can present a special challenge to the cerebral section usually > > > > > > > > designated to be lobotomized. Creativity is a method to > > > > > > > > achieve what > > > > > > > > one desires and sometimes one's desires can achieve what one > > > > > > > > wants to > > > > > > > > create. > > > > > > > > > On Sep 10, 4:22 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I've appreciated the stuff on consciousness and other > > > > > > > > > subjects we are > > > > > > > > > never going to 'disentangle' of late. Someone was > > > > > > > > > 'threatening' more > > > > > > > > > on universes 'sprouting all over the place' from curved > > > > > > > > > space-time > > > > > > > > > (pace moi or a string necktie party round at Pat's perhaps). > > > > > > > > > All in > > > > > > > > > favour ... yet what about practical creative issues? > > > > > > > > > I used to teach a module called Creative Organisational > > > > > > > > > Practices and > > > > > > > > > Analysis (where we could all come a croppa) - students from > > > > > > > > > long ago > > > > > > > > > often remind me it was an oasis in the desert of business > > > > > > > > > teaching. > > > > > > > > > There were no rules other than to produce a 5,000 word or > > > > > > > > > equivalent > > > > > > > > > project that I could feasibly fit with my own rules of > > > > > > > > > scamming the > > > > > > > > > bureaucracy. One story about the 'no rules' concerned the > > > > > > > > > leisure > > > > > > > > > studies lecturer who considered hammock sleeping on the beach > > > > > > > > > as a > > > > > > > > > clearly excellent project in leisure, though I did mention he > > > > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > > finally sacked after fourteen years of practice. Some of the > > > > > > > > > work was > > > > > > > > > so good it made Channel 4 television, some so bad I was > > > > > > > > > reduced to > > > > > > > > > marking the laughs of derision. The bull in the syllabus was > > > > > > > > > silver- > > > > > > > > > tongued and highly academic - an excellent cover for the FOFO > > > > > > > > > teaching > > > > > > > > > style and deconstruct the penguin ethos. No one ever failed, > > > > > > > > > but a > > > > > > > > > mark of 43.5% was covertly known to indicate my displeasure. > > > > > > > > > One > > > > > > > > > survivor even wrote her final dissertation as a comparison of > > > > > > > > > management and the Dancing Masters of the Wu Li (high energy > > > > > > > > > physics > > > > > > > > > meets organisational aesthetics). Some said I was swooned by > > > > > > > > > her > > > > > > > > > prettiness, but she married a real physicist. The external > > > > > > > > > examiner, > > > > > > > > > agreeing my mark, spluttered this was the most dangerous work > > > > > > > > > he had > > > > > > > > > ever witnessed. Another did a photographic comparison of > > > > > > > > > company > > > > > > > > > mergers and marriage - presented at an International > > > > > > > > > conference, > > > > > > > > > topped only by another on the same theme by a Norwegian > > > > > > > > > academic. > > > > > > > > > Teaching, such as it was, varied from presentations of my own > > > > > > > > > papers > > > > > > > > > and people dragged in from the street, including Spike > > > > > > > > > Milligan and > > > > > > > > > Hovis Presley, a prostitute and some amateur magicians. > > > > > > > > > I wonder what our views on practical creativity are? My > > > > > > > > > course was > > > > > > > > > inspired in part by a Peter Anthony book 'The Foundation of > > > > > > > > > Management', opening with an assertion that the last place to > > > > > > > > > send > > > > > > > > > talented young people to learn about business was a business > > > > > > > > > school - > > > > > > > > > maybe they should spend time with scientists or Bohemians.- > > > > > > > > > Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
