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the Magoo Effect
when Management observe, they are All Eyes but only see
what you say
if it runs across a grid –
they think they are doing sudoku –
if they see what they think they see ‘Good, Good’
if they don’t see what you show them ‘Satisfactory’
and no discussion
– they saw it! –
all the while mumbling about the Big Picture, they just
bump into things and have
meaningful conversations with them
which is gruellingly funny
but never personal
C – o – n – t – i – n – u – i – n – g P – r – o – f – e – s – s – i – o – n – a – l D – e – v – e – l – o – p – m – e – n – t
looks me straight in the eye –
myself and my work all open and akimbo on the desk – and says
let us observe you to see what you have
to offer; creeped-out
I still cannot recognise
the development in all
this performance
I have to make:
the Magoo Effect
mistaking
the apparent for the actual through seeing
selective detail
Performance Management
is to Magoo the communication of teaching
into a cartoon
get your eyes off my residuals
you’re embarrassing me
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
breakdown wormhole: I survived
career wormhole: … anymore
communication & seeing wormhole: poessay X: soul love – poewieview #2
eyes wormhole: bookmark
looking wormhole: finding my own true nature – Plumstead, Woolwich, 190915
identity & management wormhole: development
performance management wormhole: what I am about to say is true / what I just said was a lie
teaching wormhole: bamboo-green boiled sweet / with soft purple filling
