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THE RESULTS EPIDEMIC
Business

THE RESULTS EPIDEMIC

Invited to a major gathering of business and economics, La DdC attends Professor Paul Marcus de La Barrière’s lecture on the Results Epidemic and the Fundamental Law of the Next Result.

« ** A result does not create another result: it creates something far more dangerous—the need for the next result. ** »

The teamovore produces nothing: it digests available time
Business

The teamovore produces nothing: it digests available time

In Crestignac, La DdC identifies the teamovore, a professional predator that absorbs other people’s available time through a succession of Teams meetings.

« I won’t be able to make any progress this afternoon. I’m being teamovored until 5 pm. »

La DdC presents the CIS: at last, measuring what moves nothing
Business

La DdC presents the CIS: at last, measuring what moves nothing

The Duchess of Crestignac presents the CIS, the official indicator measuring a sentence’s ability to prompt no intellectual movement whatsoever, despite its apparent depth.

« ** It governs the conditions of governance. ** »