A Random Picture Story

I was asked to post the the 6th picture of the 6th photo folder from my computer and to tell the story behind the picture (truth be told, in my 6th picture folder there is another set of folders so I took the 6th image from that folder to make a nice 6-6-6 pattern).

Here's the picture with the person's name and the company name removed to respect anonymity:



This is a plaque at the desk of an employee at a company I visited in Philadelphia. I snuck the picture because I didn't want to risk offense. If you offend the wrong person in the Corporate World it could result in Catbert-like results.

To me, the plaque is a hilarious example of corporate absurdity. This is an international manufacturing company with dozens of facilities world wide and yet they run a motivational program that is on par with one more often associated with grade-school than with companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars (I had a star driven motivational program in my Kindergarten and second grade classes. Maybe others but, thankfully, not that I can recall).

Note also that the system pictured was implemented in 2008! Just imagine the path of the conversation at that meeting of managers: "Yes, gold-star-sticker-plaque technology and its inherent motivational effects are something we've overlooked for far too long!"

This trip also just happened to be one of the last I took while working at Component Control. Good times and lots of travel!

That's my random pic story for now!