Musical Chairs Week

Jon over at Business Evolutionist is pondering Inc's new article about the "Exit Interview" and it's Magical Unicorn abilities. Yeah, it is kinda goofy to wonder what makes those people you've invested in want to leave, as they're leaving. With all those useless customer preferences and relationships parked in their psyches.

Seems curiosity, selfless or not, is the harbinger of communication. Jon and commenter Mike wonder whether workplace observational skills or, the access your mailman has to the stream of your subscribed media offer answers without having to even ask. Even better is the suggestion of cross-pollination, internal and external like Google or Will Vinton Studios. Go see Jon.

Me, I'd want to see this:

have Musical Chairs week. Everyone moves across a slot until finance gets their stint in HR and abolishes or outsources it [or signs 'em up for Fear Factor], Marketing takes on Production, turns off most of the machines out of confusion and finds no one notices, Accounting moves over to Marketing and finds all the crayons they use for forecasting, HR handles accounting and discovers the Mgmt bonus numbers for the previous "tough year." IT refues to play and locks the door. P.R. takes Janitorial Services and finds it "a remarkably smooth transition." And Carl the Janitor becomes CEO, answers the phone one day then jumps on a plane to Peoria and comes back with the company's biggest account ever.

According to Carl, it was no big deal: "Same shit, golden shovel. But I got a blonde and my own parking place."