Big Dan strikes again.
I introduced Big Dan earlier and gave an example of how he doesn’t hold back on what he thinks of a person and often has a ‘special’ way of imparting that.
Consulting a team who recently had a change of leadership, I went to Big Dan to explain what help they needed and what I needed from him. I explained that the lady now in charge has been a program manager before, but never in our industry. Our industry, mind you, has many varied, arcane, and complex rules for how to manage programs.
I knew Big Dan had the essence of the problem when I later heard him describing this new program manager to his boss – – –
“That lady’s tree of knowledge has no branches.”*
pretty sad looking tree, if you ask me
Yes, I realize this may already be a common phrase to some people.
So I’m unread…
So I’m uninformed…
So my tree of knowledge has no branches…
[chortle]
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*I’ve often heard a variant of this to refer to inbred families: “Her family tree doesn’t have any branches.”
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