Ever notice the similarities between board games and corporate America? At times, it seems as if decisions are as random as the roll of the dice. And careers are determined by which square the thimble lands on. Budgets seem to be made with fake money and certain people should go directly to jail. Some players are destined to be Park Place, while others will never escape the Reading Railroad. Most times, we just wander through each week, crossing the train tracks, paying taxes and stopping at Go to collect our paychecks. I’ve always been a Baltic Avenue in a world of Boardwalks and I suppose that says a lot about my experiences in corporate America.
And what about Chutes and Ladders, the Corporate Edition? Just as in the childhood classic, there are only two places to go in corporate America: up and down. Sometimes those at the bottom can actually get to the top, but rarely do those at the top take the long plunge down the chute. Why is that exactly? I can think of quite a few players who needed to slide down the chute and stay there.
How about a corporate edition of Clue? There is some serious fun to be had by staging a murder mystery at the office: It was Editor, in the conference room, with a 10-pound thesaurus! Or, it was Art Director, in the elevator, with an Exacto knife! No wait, it was Boss, in the break room, with a Jello mold!
1 comment:
I love this post. Very insightful.
Honestly, I've been playing my own game lately, making up the rules as I go. It's good, because I never understood their rules and was never very good at playing their game. Plus, it usually invovled a cubicle and I HATE cubicles.
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