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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | WORKFORCED JANUARY 26, 2012 Rest In Peace Don Joe… It’s been ages since I’ve last posted, I know. After being made redundant during the credit crunch I had a brief spell working on a start-up with close friends. In late 2011 I left to pursue my dream: documenting street art and graffiti around the World. Its a long story! have 15 different smoking monkeys (see below for one of them)! | WORKFORCED AUGUST 18, 2011  Stick and Run Father forgive me. It has been more than six months since my last confession. It may be this long until my next. Now you know who did it. | | | | | |
| WORKFORCED JULY 22, 2010  The Jargon Dictionary Part 2 This week features part 2 of the jargon dictionary. Several post-it notes were harmed during the writing of this article. Dammit. Hurrah. | WORKFORCED AUGUST 11, 2010 Critical Mash The adage states that everyone is a critic. None truer than the chap who emailed me this week. Taking a quick break from my regular posts, here’s the gist of his question. Given shows like The Office, w hy bother writing office comedy ? That’s reason enough to write Workforced. My fear is that pooing and office work will disappear. | WORKFORCED AUGUST 25, 2010 Small Man, Big Interview A short while ago I was interviewed by the man known as Moooog, who writes the very funny Midget Man of Steel blog. It’s not one for the easily offended. Interviewed by The Midget Man of Steel. Do you have any special talents? How about you? Well, my juggling skills outdo yours; I have juggled office comedy, neuroticism and pedantry for years. | WORKFORCED SEPTEMBER 7, 2010  The Management Zoo ‘Tis the season to send employees all over the shop. Hopefully things will calm down after my company is disbanded by Federal decree. Seagull. | | | | | | | |
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WORKFORCED | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010  Give Me A Break!
Sitting in the breakroom, thinking about not working, I decided to start scribbling down everything around me. The list reads like the inventory of a waiting room to an unnecessary appointment. Break Rooms – Part Unum. If it smells like micro-waved Mexican food and newspaper ink then you are either in the break room or a bus station. MORE >> -
WORKFORCED | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010  The Management Crossword
Just a quick one this week because I’m on the road for business again. I’m lying on the freeway hoping to get hit by a truck. Bring on the life insurance claim. Here follows an example of a management technique that should never have made the transition from textbook to reality. MORE >> -
WORKFORCED | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010  The Jargon Dictionary Part 3
This week concludes Jargon Month on Workforced with the third, and thankfully final, part of the Jargon Dictionary. It was a good topic as topics go, and as good topics go, it’s gone! From “Promotion&# to “Visionary&# : The Jargon Dictionary Part 3. Rationalisation: A professional-sounding word for sacking an awful lot of people. MORE >> -
WORKFORCED | THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2010  Senior Management – Part 1
Thank you all for joining me through the A to Z of the Jargon Dictionary. Hopefully you laughed until you cried or cried until you gave up. It’s now time for Workforced to turn away from the world of jargon and take a wry glance into the lives of managers, whatever their level. start at the top and work down through the corporate zoo. MORE >> -
WORKFORCED | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010  Bank Robbers…
If you’ve ever been stuck in an elevator with an investment banker you’ll be familiar with the concept of the analyst: someone who gets paid very well to agree with other analysts. If one analyst recommends a bad stock they get fired. If they all do it no one gets fired; they blame the company whose stock it is. MORE >>
- The Riled High Club (Part 2) WORKFORCED | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010
- The Riled High Club (Part 1) WORKFORCED | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010
- Pasport Control Freaks WORKFORCED | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010
- Receptionists: All Front WORKFORCED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
- Bad Aptitude WORKFORCED | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010
- 1,000 Followers – Jargon Month on Workforced WORKFORCED | THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
- The Jargon Dictionary Part 1 WORKFORCED | FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010
- Senior Management – Part 2 WORKFORCED | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010
- More from Global Street Art WORKFORCED | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
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