Managing the process!

Many years ago, when I used to work for a particularly crazy woman in California, she made a statement that has stuck with me ever since... " Our job is not to create ads, it's to manage the process." I thought she was nuts, but as the years have passed, I've realized that as far as the fucked up ad biz is concerned: She was dead on. How many times have we sat in meetings that decided nothing, read briefs that stated the obvious, created numerous campaigns destined never to see the light of day, been kiss-ass nice to clients (and agency management) who you would rather drown in sewage? In fact, how much of your working life have you spent "Managing the process" rather than actually producing anything of worth? That's why I was tickled to come across the Web site for an English design company called Wash Your Hands. They adopted the name from a lavatory sticker! Best of all is their library of PC Business Imagery. Featuring numerous office situations with people of color, the disabled, pregnant, gay etc. It also has wonderful shots of people bored shitless in meetings and looking at Power Point and flip chart presentations. Wonderful stuff. I could have used every shot when I used to do a ton of stuff for IBM. I also loved the sign off on their home page... "Give us a ring - our switchboard in Delhi will be only too happy to process your call." Oh, so true!

I think it spells something important!

Comments

[Rob Mortimer]

Wonderful site, I love the David Brent style use of a 'token wheelchair user' and so on.

[teeveedubya]

hilarious site. cheers!

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