New Rules for New (Poetic) Times

Quantitative easing :
Free an extra syllable
For poem's first line

Recruitment Freeze

When all else has failed
And the cupboard is still bare -
Turn to the freezer!

Focus

If multi-tasking
Is a skill we need, then so
Is single-tasking


30/6/11

In the zone

The right words arrive
At the right time: I relax
And go with the flow


30/6/11

The Secret Service

In Emotional
Intelligence the agents
Are licensed to feel

30/6/11

Disengagement

The opposite of
Love is not, it turns out, hate:
It’s indifference

30/6/11

Out of Office

The emails bounce back
Leaving me free to reflect
On what needs doing


30/6/11

Victory by better planning

Machiavelli's
Machiavellian prince:
No match for PRINCE 2


31/3/11

Structure over function

Shared service centres :
Putting all your process eggs
In one basket (case)

All in this together

Public bodies sit
In the lifeboat drawing lots
For who gets eaten


2/2/11

Public Sector Collaboration in Straitened Times

Partnership defined :
Mutual loathing seeking
Additional funds!

The gift of time

A cancelled meeting,
And suddenly shoulders lift
I sit back and smile


27/1/11

Never a right time

The best time to change
Is when you least desire it;
Don't leave it too late.