Sunday, September 07, 2008
New record.
I work in the City of London, and a big part of my job involves running training courses for staff. Of the two training rooms available, the one I prefer is a large bright room at street level, where one whole wall is a big window looking out onto a busy London street (the alternative is a larger but colder room in the basement with fluorescent lighting where it is very difficult not to fall asleep!).
Over the past year I have been running courses, there have been several occasions when something (apparently!) much more interesting than whatever I am training on happens outside the window. This has ranged so far from a car crash to a small fire (long story). Last week, however, topped the lot. A black cab caught on fire just outside the window. The scene had everything - several firefighters struggling to put the blaze out before the fuel tank exploded, police blocking off the road and finally a great big tow truck pulling away the burnt out mess. How is "situational leadership and delegation" going to compete with that?!
I think I'm going to go back to training in the basement.
I work in the City of London, and a big part of my job involves running training courses for staff. Of the two training rooms available, the one I prefer is a large bright room at street level, where one whole wall is a big window looking out onto a busy London street (the alternative is a larger but colder room in the basement with fluorescent lighting where it is very difficult not to fall asleep!).
Over the past year I have been running courses, there have been several occasions when something (apparently!) much more interesting than whatever I am training on happens outside the window. This has ranged so far from a car crash to a small fire (long story). Last week, however, topped the lot. A black cab caught on fire just outside the window. The scene had everything - several firefighters struggling to put the blaze out before the fuel tank exploded, police blocking off the road and finally a great big tow truck pulling away the burnt out mess. How is "situational leadership and delegation" going to compete with that?!
I think I'm going to go back to training in the basement.
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