Clarity of Purpose

Even Robin Hood had bad days.

It may seem like AcMo is moving in too many directions at the same time.  This is only because of a limited frame of reference and lack of creative business skills.  Outside observers do not possess all of the information required to form a cohesive satellite view of the plan.  This is more detailed than what Google Maps provides.  I’m talking about being able to see inside structures, and even directly into a person’s thoughts.  You would be able to see how precise our action plan is if you could view our thoughts, and if we didn’t wear our AcMo Signal Protection headgear all of the time.

AcMo has a complete blueprint and defined path to reach our objectives. I keep writing this in the daily specials board but some insensitive person keeps replacing it with the espresso flavor of the day.  The best way to manage a mind that moves in multiple directions at once is to report on those various topics.

Being able to see the goal and systematically work toward achieving it is preferable to random scattershot approaches that might strike the target on occasion.  AcMo can still appear as a professional and reliable organization if our stringent media controls prevent any of the bad press from leaking.

One of the reasons we are so focused on testing is so that we can use client resources to perfect our techniques through repeated failures before deploying AcMo resources.  Breaking stuff is expensive and we would rather not carry that burden if we can’t bill someone else for it.

"Put the tire shine right here," he said pointing to the correct spot, "Make sure to fill all of these grooves."

The decision to follow that dummy’s advice would inevitably result in disaster.

This dummy knows what's about to happen.

We would have appreciated it if this dummy had said something instead of sitting in the gallery attempting to look pensive.

This car came in for a wiper change and a tire detail.  We couldn’t be bothered to figure out how to put the body back on, so we used it for testing purposes.  This taught us the importance of putting the tire shine on the sidewalls, not the tread surfaces like that dummy told us.  It is so important to surround yourself with quality personnel.

We figured out that these crash test dummies don't actually know how to drive and were contributing to our unprecedented attrition rate at track weekends.  Despite what they may say, they are not at all licensed to operate motor vehicles of any kind.  All they liked to do was hit walls at oblique angles.  Once we understood that we were able to repurpose them for office duties.  Now they crash into computers, phones (we weren’t using those anyway), and desks, which costs us a lot less.

The sound of cracking keys and monitors haunts me in my sleep.

Just another board meeting.

The biggest mistake I made was appointing several of these dummies to the board.  This has resulted in a board that is unwilling to commit and is often found to be moving AcMo in the wrong direction at alarming speeds.  This has been an ongoing problem since the moment I discovered these were crash test dummies, and not corporate executive dummies.  I should have recognized that by their lack of business attire.  I suppose my most important and immediate objective is to fix AcMo’s board and jettison as many dummies as possible.  How is that for purpose?