What Would Indiana Jones Do? 08 Dec 2007
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Here’s a snip from a recent meeting I had with one university’s senior leaders:
- Person A
- I agree things need to change. We should form a committee to discuss it.
- Person B
- But who would we invite?
- Person C
- Well, we definitely need X to be there.
- Person B
- Sure, but if we’re going to invite X, we should also invite the CIO.
- Person A
- Hey, I think they’ve done something similar — we should ask them to present!
- Person B
- Great idea! No wait, hold on, do we have a mission statement? Before they present, we’ll need a mission statement.
- Person A
- Of course, a mission statement, definitely.
- Person C
- Whoa whoa whoa, guys. We’re getting way ahead of ourselves. Before we define a mission statement, what’s our vision?
At this point, disgusted, I shouted, “If you keep going like this, it will take at least a year to accomplish anything!”
To which one of them replied, “Hey, a year! That’s pretty good!”
And another quipped, “I hope it takes five years, ’cause I’ll be gone by then,” while the others laughed and nodded.