Pic from The smatter
How many of these hit home?
You know you’ve been an evaluator too long when:
- 1.you refer to the first month of a new relationship as a “diagnostic period”
- 2. you talk to the waiter about process flow when dinner arrives late
- 3. you celebrate anniversaries by conducting a performance review
- 4. you use the word “paradigm” in a sentence
- 5. you use the word “granularity” in a sentence
- 6. you can spell “paradigm”
- 7. you actually know what a paradigm is
- 8. you write executive summaries on your love letters
- 9. you insist that you do some a cost-benefit analysis before you and your spouse produce another child
- 10..you give constructive feedback to your dog
(Adapted from Karsten Weitzenegger‘s jokes on his siteInternational Development Cooperation | Consultants without Borders)
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You always make me laugh! We did a cost benefit analysis before having another child. Truly. I can’t imagine not! It would seem irresponsible.
How about wearing a t-shirt with “paradigm” on it? Guilty!
Very funny! I still laugh out loud whenever I see “The Great Pair O’Dimes Debate” cartoon in Patton’s Utilization-Focused Evaluation book–and I’ve had the book for 20 years!
Have that definition (from picture) of consulting on a coffee mug – one I try not to have out when I meet with potential clients!
I always give my dog constructive feedback, in linguistically appropriate terms: “Down. Stay. Good dog.” The only time it was a problem was when I was on a national conference call, thought my phone was on mute, and all the other evaluators heard “Down, Rusty. DOWN.”
Here in NZ another season of “Project Runway” has just finished. In case you’re unfamiliar with it, it’s a fashion version of Master Chef for aspiring designers (OK, I’ve revealed the ‘real’ me – if I had been gifted with a different skill set I would have loved to be doing something with fabric).
The show has been going for a couple of months. There were four designers in last night’s final. In true TV fashion, the judges commented on all the designers’ work without giving a hint about who they would choose…. then an ad break …. then the winner was announced – a woman from Trinidad Tabago.
Since then my mind has been side tracked … why did they choose her and not one of the other great designers? What criteria were they using? (she couldn’t sew when she started the competition) … and so on. Hah, the joys of being an evaluator …….