Comments on: Let your candle lead the way … just don’t burn down the building (work motivational posters, take two)

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:55:41 +0000

Hmm, and is it even true.

I mean, if it is dark, and one candle is lit, that candle really stands out.

But if it lights a whole bunch of other candles, then do you even notice it. Also, assuming the candles all look the same, the older candle will be smaller and all waxy and running.

Sounds like a ploy to trick the workers into helping the less experienced people learn. Since they are paid less, you will be fired if you do it! Don’t fall for the corporate trickery!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:14:38 +0000

You can’t bring a candle to work because they’re fire hazards. Instead, they should have a motivational poster about the lighting you can see reflected in the picture.

If you try to use a fluorescent light to light another fluorescent light, it won’t work and you’ll get mercury poisoning and die.

By: Configures

Configures — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:07 +0000

It’s a shame they got the apostrophe wrong, but at least it’s white on yellow instead of that stark black and white motivational poster from your earlier entry. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with an open-ended message encouraging collaboration, or lending enthusiasm/expertise. I think it’s a general anti-siloism message. From today’s http://billives.typepad.com/portals_and_km/2008/05/enterprise-20-s.html (last paragraph): “One of the division leaders questioned why one division would want to share its insights with another division dealing with different issues. The CEO looked at that division leader and said it is this type of thinking that has gotten them in such trouble. (They were losing a lot of money because of institutional silos.) The company adopted the shared learning concept through some of the more primitive tools of the day. It was one of several reasons that they turned around and became profitable. It was this promise that first got me excited about blogs, web 2.0 , and now enterprise 2.0.”

By: IRS

IRS — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:55:58 +0000

I’m sure some company exec wrote these and thought they were the best things he had ever heard and since he was the son of the guy who really owns the place they decided to print them and frame them. Too bad that guy is a idiot and his wonderfully motivational sayings don’t really mean anything other than justification of his over-inflated salary and meaningless existence.

Whoa, I’m really letting it out there – aren’t I? :)

By: Cailin Coilleach

Cailin Coilleach — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:06:58 +0000

What the? … o_O

By: Starbuck

Starbuck — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:03:43 +0000

LIGHT A MATCH!!!!