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the MagOO Effect Effect

04 Thursday Feb 2016

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2016, Big Picture, breakdown, career, cartoon, communication, conversation, CPD, detail, discussion, eyes, feedback, humour, identity, looking, management, Mr Magoo, observation, performance management, professional development, seeing, teaching

 

 

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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

 

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Continuing / Professional / Development

19 Thursday Dec 2013

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2011, CPD, exploitation, managerialism, Mr Magoo, performance, professional development, teaching

 

 

 

                            Continuing
                            Professional
                            Development

                            Mr Magoo looked
                    straight into my eyes – myself and my work
                    all open and akimbo on the desk – and said
                            let us observe you to see
                            what you have to offer

                                                   … I’ve never felt so creeped-out before
                             and still cannot recognise any development
          in all this performance I have to make

 

 

 

————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–

managerialism wormhole: management and managerialism
performance wormhole: teaching performance
teaching wormhole: the fall of the curtains / folded on the desktop / and the constant / wondering of airliners

 

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the Magoo Effect

05 Wednesday Oct 2011

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2010, 3*, eyes, management, Mr Magoo, performance, samsara, teaching

 

 

 

                                                            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________________________________|—–

eyes & management & performance & samsara & teaching wormhole: the Magoo Effect

 

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the Magoo Effect

05 Wednesday Oct 2011

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2010, 3*, eyes, management, Mr Magoo, performance, samsara, speech, teaching

 

 

 

                                the Magoo Effect

                when Management observe you
                they are All Eyes but only see
                      what you say and evidence
                if they see what they think they see then
                      ‘Good, Good’ if they don’t see
                      ‘Satisfactory; herm, hm’ 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 heroic

 

 

 

————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–

eyes wormhole: Christmas
management & teaching wormhole: Brighton 30th June 2011

 

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