Just a quick check in to let you all know the obvious: I am struggling...struggling to keep up in my life--and only occasionally having the luxury of any time to even begin trying to get caught up in this course. Also, I have emotional "issues" (I actually remember a time when the word "issues" did not mean problems) associated with the cognitive-emotional dissonance of my work.
Anyway, here is a snapshot. Our company is designing two workshops for an offsite meeting for a very large US company that manages waste and landfills. Here are the two topics: (1) generating awareness of the new green and sustainable service offering and (2) what Community Relations people need to do in order to get municipal and county approvals for new landfills and for expansions of existing landfills.
Kill me. Please. No, I am serious.
This has been absolutely gut wrenching. We really didn't understand fully what this project was when we developed the proposal. And we don't get to do (1) without also doing (2). And (2) is as bad as anything you might imagine (campaign donations, spin, "partnering" with "powerbrokers," etc.). We will close the doors before I will ever do another project with anything that stinks as badly to me as this. My partner, Kimberley, goes from railing against "the man" (so to speak) and trying to prop me up by telling me that there must be a reason we are in this thing--that we need to understand how this works from the inside. But I am sick, tired, and heartbroken right now.
Anyway, here is a snapshot. Our company is designing two workshops for an offsite meeting for a very large US company that manages waste and landfills. Here are the two topics: (1) generating awareness of the new green and sustainable service offering and (2) what Community Relations people need to do in order to get municipal and county approvals for new landfills and for expansions of existing landfills.
Kill me. Please. No, I am serious.
This has been absolutely gut wrenching. We really didn't understand fully what this project was when we developed the proposal. And we don't get to do (1) without also doing (2). And (2) is as bad as anything you might imagine (campaign donations, spin, "partnering" with "powerbrokers," etc.). We will close the doors before I will ever do another project with anything that stinks as badly to me as this. My partner, Kimberley, goes from railing against "the man" (so to speak) and trying to prop me up by telling me that there must be a reason we are in this thing--that we need to understand how this works from the inside. But I am sick, tired, and heartbroken right now.
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