The Accidental Wisdom of Yutes

"Your honor, dees two yutes..." yesterday, they taught me a lot. Not because of their insight but because I happened to unintentionally listen to my responses to their questions.

2 twenty-somethings.
MBA class project.
Talk to an entrepreneur.
Ask a bunch of questions.
Gain "widsom".
Put together project to include PowerPoint.

First, what the heck happened to sprial bound typed pages!! Teaching America's Yutes to convey information in a PPT... Seriously, is this where we have arrived? Don't even get me started on this. There are companies that use ppts for everything. Come on, people! 99% of all the ppts I see are nothing more than lame ways to keep from having to actually learn and present information - no more than crib notes on a screen.

But I digress. My answer that disturbed me was a response to the question of, "What's your typical day look like"? My FIRST answer was, "Dark at first, getting lighter until it dimmed and then went black". The answer that got me thinking though was, "60% dealing with strategic accounts, 25% supporting other people's needs internally (resource acquisition, political help, etc.) and 20% BS." Yes, that means that somehow I have found 105% of my time. Quite the neat little trick actually. But doesn't is say that I have ZERO time for planning? And what is my job? S'posed to be 65% planning. Hmmm.

Oh, by the way, the failed the math test. Not surprised, they are MBA's after all. Jack of all... master of nada.

I will probably end up a case study on what not to do (according to academia) but, hey, I don't live hanging on the vines from ivory... Skully has to live in the real world. Maybe that should be the NEW curriculum... "Reality". Nah, that crap is hard to teach.

PS: Sorry about the bad "Carlinism" and "Vinnie".