FAQs for Meetings: Lectures: Ethics
A: Ha! You must be joking. We're just going through the motions. It's all just a ritual to ensure everyone feels involved.
We're not making decisions; we're just pretending to be making decisions. It's like when you're a kid and you play "let's pretend" but without the fun.
But seriously, have you seen the agenda for today's meeting? It's all just a bunch of buzzwords and corporate speak. We're just trying to sound important while actually accomplishing nothing.
A: The point is to create the appearance of productivity. We're like a fine-tuned machine, each of us a cog in the wheel of corporate bureaucracy.
It's not about the actual outcome; it's about the process. And by process, I mean the 45-minute presentation that could've been an email.
We're not here to innovate, we're here to justify our existence. And that's a decision, by the way.
Paradox