This from Mr 1.609344 kilometers...
So ATOC is advertising for a new Public Affairs Manager.
Of course there is no requirement for any knowledge of, or even interest in, the railways.
After all in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king!
Clearly much more highly specialised skills are required in this demanding role.
For instance the ability to:
3. Work effectively on a team basis with colleagues across ATOC to help the organisation to become more public facing to achieve its corporate goals, including the development of campaigns and corporate-wide horizon scanning
Corporate-wide what?!?
I have some decent binoculars - would they be an asset horizon-scanning-wise?
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Atocballs - "corporate-wide horizon scanning"
Monday, 21 September 2009
Network Rail Bullsh*t Bingo
Telegrammed by Leo Pink
Term of ill omen?
In his letter summing up the results of the the two workshops held with Public Members earlier this month new Network Rail Chairman Rick Haythornthwaite refers to a facilitator present at the events as "a thought leader in institutional investment governance".
Just what NR needs - state of the art management jargon.
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Bullshit Bingo Challenge #1
The Fact Compiler is grateful to Arriva Cross Country for sponsoring Railway Eye's first Bullshit Bingo Challenge.
CROSSCOUNTRY APPOINT HONEYCOMB AS CRM PARTNER
Software specialist Honeycomb has been appointed by CrossCountry as their CRM partner.
As one of the
CrossCountry’s CRM Manager
“We believe that Honeycomb is in a position to deliver an holistic approach and implement appropriate solutions that meet our needs.”
Further information etc...
The Fact Compiler would like to save Arriva a couple of bob by explaining that what customers "want from a train operator" is something called a train; preferably one which runs on time and goes where the timetable says it should go.
Was the PR monkey who wrote this tosh paid in money or bananas?
