Comments on: But It Sounded Good When The Consultant Said It http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:24:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Coyote Within http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/comment-page-1/#comment-261 The Coyote Within Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:45:28 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/07/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/#comment-261 <strong>The Perils of The Box</strong> No, I don't mean the television. It's that mythical box again the one people are always telling others to ... The Perils of The Box

No, I don’t mean the television. It’s that mythical box again the one people are always telling others to …

]]> By: Jodee Bock http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Jodee Bock Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:45:44 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/07/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/#comment-260 That darn box! I've chosen to be creative within the box, since it seems that most people aren't like the spoonbending boy on the Matrix and still insist on seeing that box. Fortunately or unfortunately, however you choose to look at it, my name is Bock - and pluralizing it makes it Bock's (box). I've chosen to work with it instead of against it and my company name is Bock's Office Transformational Consulting. Box? What Bock's? :) That darn box! I’ve chosen to be creative within the box, since it seems that most people aren’t like the spoonbending boy on the Matrix and still insist on seeing that box. Fortunately or unfortunately, however you choose to look at it, my name is Bock – and pluralizing it makes it Bock’s (box). I’ve chosen to work with it instead of against it and my company name is Bock’s Office Transformational Consulting.

Box? What Bock’s? :)

]]> By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Chris Bailey Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:35:55 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/07/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/#comment-259 Kevin, that's a hoot. As someone who thinks a lot about creating organizational structures for success, I'm with you. Create a box that has plenty of room to explore. And if the box isn't working, time to find a new box. Or here's something to fry your noodle: to take certain liberties with what the young spoonbending boy on The Matrix says: what if there is no box at all? Kevin, that’s a hoot. As someone who thinks a lot about creating organizational structures for success, I’m with you. Create a box that has plenty of room to explore. And if the box isn’t working, time to find a new box.

Or here’s something to fry your noodle: to take certain liberties with what the young spoonbending boy on The Matrix says: what if there is no box at all?

]]> By: Kevin Holland http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Kevin Holland Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:14:02 +0000 http://baileyworkplay.com/2005/11/07/but-it-sounded-good-when-the-consultant-said-it/#comment-258 It gets worse. Now people who say "think outside the box" know that "think outside the box" sounds stupid so they say things like "color outside the lines" ... and think the rest of us can't tell the difference. Personally, I think they should cut the box some slack....there's a lot of room in there. It gets worse. Now people who say “think outside the box” know that “think outside the box” sounds stupid so they say things like “color outside the lines” … and think the rest of us can’t tell the difference.

Personally, I think they should cut the box some slack….there’s a lot of room in there.

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