Thursday, 26 July 2007

None of your Business - "It's fiction, yet it's so relevant"

There's a fine man from across the water who I know and he thinks that we need to be outrageous, that we need some anarchy right now. We shouldn't let the workplace bullies, the conformist buggers, the wet-knickered micro-managers who push the team building events get to us. We should get even. Don't sit quietly, don't mutter under your breath in frustration. Get even.Tell 'em to stuff their fun days, inspirational posters and buzzwords sideways and sharp-edged directly up their fundaments.This fellah is a business guru, a bleedin' expert in his field, he knows his stuff, he loves this book. He says that you don't have to be an a**hole in business, and I agree with him. He also sees nothing wrong with a business book which includes a little steamy sex, and, again, I agree with him.Whatever you do, man the barricades and fight to the last breath. Otherwise the besuited fools are going to win.
Excerpts from None of your Business by Philip Bryer will available right here very soon, or see the whole writhing, glorious thing at www.lulu.com/pmbryer. It's the new Little Red Book, only a bit bigger.
Keep the faith and spread the word. Your comments are welcome, I would love to hear your own stories of the waking nightmare that some insist on making the working life.