Reinout schreef op 21-05-14 17:57:
> Daar zit wel wat in. In Nederland wordt vaak met onverholen
> minachting over "techneuten" gesproken, want een echte kerel of een
> belangrijk mens is in Rutteland kennelijk een bureauzak in
> [mantel]pak, en met een grote bek, die iets volkomen nutteloos' in
> het management, de communicatie [waarover eigenlijk?] of in de
> advisering doet, en nergens verstand van heeft.
Helemaal gelijk. Lees onderstaande managersgrap maar eens:
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and
spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse
me,can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago,
but I don't know where I am."
The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees
north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist. "I am," replied the
woman, "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is, technically
correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact
is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If
anything, you've delayed my trip."
The woman below responded, "You must be in management." "I am," replied
the balloonist, "But how did you know?"
"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you're
going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot
air. You made a promise which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect
people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in
exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow,
it's my fault."
Tom.