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"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement
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⬐ karmakazeI was unironically enjoying this until it got to the repetitions of Synergy. Makes me think that the problem aren't the buzzwords themselves but rather how often they are used with no meaningful changes that follow.It kinda makes me want to use them now, and actually "Get Shit Done".
In case anyone doesn’t know the reference:
Check out the Weird AL song "Mission Statement". It's exactly this.
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4
⬐ setgreeI loved this! And the fact that I was parsing its lyrics for meaning suggests I’ve become too immersed in the culture for my own good⬐ dgb23"Paradigm shift" cracked me up!⬐ sidewndr46As a long time fan of Weird Al, I've always been impressed with his knowledge of culture specifically outside his own domain. Making satire of Prince & Eminem is straightforward, they are basically his peers.What I'm impressed with is how does he get the insight into things like corporate America? Other songs like "It's all about the Pentiums" are satire, but they are accurate satire of a very early, nascent culture. It's rare that an entertainer can gain so much insight into things outside their own field.
Reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4
"Modular learning" reminds me of this video: https://youtu.be/GyV_UG60dD4
Wow this reminded me of this Weird al Yankovic gem: https://youtu.be/GyV_UG60dD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4(Weird Al Yankovic: Mission Statement)
First verse:
We must all efficiently Operationalize our strategies Invest in world-class technology And leverage our core competencies
⬐ imwillofficialHahahahahaha I love Weird Al. I bet if I said that in a meeting I’d get promoted.
I'm surprised the corporate culture parody song Mission Statement didn't come up. Every person who's ever been in a corporation should watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4
https://youtu.be/GyV_UG60dD4
⬐ winridAmazing. Slightly related, Internet Historian's video on an Agile Conference.
Now I want to try this. I'll start my brainstorming session by watching this:I can make my website here:
Now, what am I missing?
Oh my god, I did not know that Poe's law applied to corporate marketing now. I could not distinguish this from a parody song like Weird Al Yankovic's - "Mission Statement" [1]
⬐ shoomeanwhile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6IQ_FOCE6I⬐ ak39LOL. Thank you very much for this!It takes satire to make us see how far we have come thinking the way we do.
Well done.
- Cognitive- Solutioning
- Learning as a noun, as in "these are some good learnings"
- Most things mentioned in Weird Al's brilliant lampoon of Judy Blue Eyes using corporate-speak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4
> Instead, I heard the Ford Motor Company described as a “mobility solutions provider” that engages in “multimodal journey planning.” People spoke about “whiteboarding” and “blue-skying” big ideas. I watched a video that described Ford’s efforts to build a “holistic, organic, interconnected system powered by a transportation operating system.”"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mission Statement:
That is horrible and beautiful, well done.I'm going to go listen to Mission Statement now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4
Wow, the first thing that sentence made me think of was this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4
xD
Tried Weird Al's Mission Statement. Only got ~10% of the words.
⬐ erboI did that too.In particular, it doesn't seem to distinguish capitalization right. It appropriately turned the line "We must monetize our assets" into "We must BULLSHIT our assets," but left the capitalized versions ("Monetize our assets") alone.
Does your experience with business people resonate with this at all? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV_UG60dD4