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When everyone has to have input

I’ve been there. You’ve been there. You’ve been asked to execute a simple idea, but everyone from legal to branding has to make a change, as if failing to make a change somehow signifies that they’re not doing their jobs. When you’re living it, it’s frustrating, even gut-wrenching. When you see it like this, though, it’s funny. Tell me you didn’t laugh out loud.


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Hat tip to Jenny, The Shifted Librarian

01/07/09 | 10 Comments | When everyone has to have input

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  • 1.If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. You can even subscribe by email! Thanks for visiting!A brilliant video courtesy of Shel Holtz on what happens when a simple communication project for a client gets additional ???suggestions??? ...

    http://leehopkins.net/2009/01/08/the-client | January 2009

  • 2.HVMs? And they want it by tomorrow? Please just STOP! :)

    Bill Sodeman | January 2009 | Honolulu

  • 3.well put. very remniscent of too many mtgs i've attended. it's amazing anything gets accomplished in business/marketing sometimes.

    whatever happened to clarity???

    rob, BtG | January 2009 | NYC

  • 4.Yes I laughed like crazy! This is SO government committee funny. And...it's why the gov't is so bloated and inefficient! I just retired from graphic design after 23 yrs before I pulled all my hair out. The last straw? A STAFF MEETING where I almost threw my cup of coffee at the Manager for being such an idiot. The NEW sign was very funny. This is actually a true story, many times over.

    Diana Maus | January 2009 | so california

  • 5.OMG! I've learned my lesson, but this opens up old wounds ha ha.

    John Maclay | January 2009 | Erie, PA

  • 6.Oh goodness, could not be more true! It is really funny seeing it like this, but in real life you do want to jump across the table! haha :)

    Jen | January 2009

  • 7.Thanks for the laugh, though it did bring back some painful memories of where I used to work... :) This video reminds me of the TV show the Office, which nicely sums up working in a corporation. Thanks again for a good laugh. ~ Steve, Pinnacle Trade Show Booths
    PS. We DON'T run our company this way! ;)

    Steve | trade show booths | January 2009

  • 8.Bought tears to my eyes, watched it twice!!!

    I can name a few companies who operate like this.

    steve | January 2009 | London

  • 9.Brilliant. Laughed out loud. YES, I've been there too. This is too close to real life.

    Actually, the final STOP sign reminds me of much of the packaging we see today -- so busy, so cluttered, that the message is lost.

    Donna Papacosta | February 2009 | Toronto

  • 10.everyone has to have input [link to post] - Posted using Chat Catcher

    http://twitter.com/alanguir/statuses/1270717515 | March 2009

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