Not Broken.

Organisations, bosses, and consultants routinely talk up their people, teams, and clients. Paper over the cracks. Glass half full. Motivate the troops. Be positive.

Because that’s what we do.

Nothing is broken.

The problem with telling the world that nothing is broken - is that it’s a lie. Something is always broken. Something can always be improved.

That’s okay, because we all know how to play the game. We’ve been learning since we were children. The boss knows that - so treats us like children.

We’re not broken.

We wouldn’t know what to do anyway if the boss or the President or Prime Minister said ‘We’re broken. I need your help to fix us.’

We wouldn’t know what to do because -

We’re broken.