Organizational Change Gifts

'The reorganisation is moving along. Here comes the new honcho now.'

'I hate these staff shakeups.'

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"Bad news, Ron. The company has decided to end its experiment with flattened corporate hierarchies."

'We've financed three more startups for no fathomable reason.'

"We can waste time and look for a solution or...just find a scapegoat?"

"The announcement of the changes really went well."

Horse statue throws off rider.

'We've cut and pasted your list into 84 arbitrary sub-lists. Well, our work here is done.'

The role of administration.

'Ever feel like you've walked into a corporate lion's den?'

'This is what happens when we give up our resistance to change.'

'I know you're the heart of the organization, but we're getting a transplant.'

New Memer/Incumbent

No - None sense, take-charge, inc. - Formerly: Happy-go-lucky, inc.'

"I have a recurring nightmare where the paradigm keeps shifting without me."

Change, Change, Change, Change.

'Due to budget cuts we are having to take on more temporary staff.'

Now, gentlemen, doesn't the smaller table make these board meetings more cozy?'

Black Crayon

'I need to start dancing to the beat of a different drum.'

"Whatever happened to traditional marriages? There they are...on national television...with millions of people watching...two women getting married! And they're both wearing blue jeans!"

"The buck really stops with him."

'He may have swallowed too much change.'

'Ah, look, it left a little microchip trail.'

"Back in the day, this pub was full of young, long-haired radicals, hell-bent on changing the world."

"The changes in the rules for risk management will turn the industry on its head."

Disraeli Introduces a more Extensive Reform Bill

Americans have been in denial about the cause of mass shootings for a while but it's time to get serious about door control.

"The arc of the moral universe."

"Julian is still adjusting to in-person so he'll call in to this meeting from the back of the room."

They reached an evolutionary dead end.

Boss: 'Change is good!' Employees: 'Who's getting fired?'

"I like our inbred isolated corporate culture. It's cozy.'

'It's good to be back, Ms. Norton.. did anything important happen while I was away?'