At one job, in a three hour project meeting, the presenter listed no less then 8 different components that were essential/critical/vital/urgent. Since this presentation was supposedly to map out a timeline, the staff had been expecting a critical path presentation, but none was shown. So, at the end, one of the engineers asked what the critical path was.
The presenter's response was simple. "Everything's critical".
At another job, in my introductory team meeting, the group leader summarized the priorities of the department. There were 9 engineers and 7 projects being developed concurrently for 7 different customers. So, it was important that we "focus on everything". After giving me my "number one priority" on one project, he listed a second task, then a third, then a fourth. Turning to the next project, he looked at me and said "your other number one priority is to..."
Yes, the famous "other number one". Well, I guess if you believe that people can "focus on everything", that sort of requires you to be believe in multiple instances of a singleton.
"If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority"
At one job, in a three hour project meeting, the presenter listed no less then 8 different components that were essential/critical/vital/urgent. Since this presentation was supposedly to map out a timeline, the staff had been expecting a critical path presentation, but none was shown. So, at the end, one of the engineers asked what the critical path was.
The presenter's response was simple. "Everything's critical".
At another job, in my introductory team meeting, the group leader summarized the priorities of the department. There were 9 engineers and 7 projects being developed concurrently for 7 different customers. So, it was important that we "focus on everything". After giving me my "number one priority" on one project, he listed a second task, then a third, then a fourth. Turning to the next project, he looked at me and said "your other number one priority is to..."
Yes, the famous "other number one". Well, I guess if you believe that people can "focus on everything", that sort of requires you to be believe in multiple instances of a singleton.