1: just five more minutes
some people say the work day starts at nine and ends five, in reality it starts far sooner and ends far later.
i woke up 30 minutes earlier than this shot seems to indicate, but i can’t even speak coherently before a shower, let alone work a camera.
besides, isn’t procrastination the hallmark of mondays in the bureaucracy?
2: it’s a team sport
i play pickup hockey tuesday afternoons after work, when i do, time dissapears.
it’s called flow.
and it is something i think we should all strive for.
3: one leg at a time
contrary to popular belief, be you deputy or be you mail clerk, all bureaucrats put their pants on one leg at a time.
somewhere between putting on pants and the execution of our actual work the organization creates artificial distance, enrages us, or worse, strips us of our humanity.
or at least that’s how it feels some wednesdays.
4: breakfast with champions
eating with others is so much more rewarding than doing it by yourself.
working too.
5: karma amidst the chaos
i asked a question on twitter last week, i was looking for a specific computer component. it was no longer in production, but someone had one they weren’t using
ryan, a man whom i’ve never met, mailed me one from moosejaw that he wasn’t using
i agreed to send him back a tim’s card to cover the postage.
it’s called collaborative consumption; and its fascinating.
millions of people trust each other everyday on the web, but why is something found so easily on the web so hard to find within the organization.
