Management styles
When the alarm goes each morning, I awake with a sense of joy that I am alive and a feeling of relief that our New Government isn’t responsible for managing the country. What! They are, you say? Oh my… isn’t that special?
This week hasn’t been good for the management side, at all. We have a nuclear reactor that is shut down for safety reasons; overhaul, etc. The usual kind of thing that people do with their reactors to prevent big Homer Simpson style boo-boos. Except that the reactor seems to have a very necessary medical role, and somebody forgot to build up inventory and notify the clients before shutting off the isotope assembly line. Somewhat more important than the French Fry lines in New Annan.
Now the New Government steps in and demands that Parliament ignore the people in charge of “safety”, in large because they are “Liberals”. Out goes the science, in comes the “blame the other guys”. Business as usual.
A rather important world-level conference on the environment is underway in Bali, and the New Government is there, ready for any eventuality. In fact, they are so prepared that they left the environmental lobby at home and took the business lobby instead. After all, if reducing emissions is a topic, one should bring those that have a “real” investment in them, in every sense of the word. Comes time for a meeting with some of those with concerns, and the minister is missing in action, although he appears to have flip-flops on the feet. Much like the flip-flops on policy. Image is everything, when you’re on the international stage.
With the week only half over, we have plenty of time for more fun and games. Over a year ago, the Harper gang won the “inept in Ottawa” contest, and there hasn’t been a dull moment since.
