Useful

It’s not all straight lines, philosopher. The corridors are curved. That’s how we like it. Inspiring. Curved forms. Not rectilinear. Better for thought.

Even Organisational Management thought?

We’re not who you think we are, philosopher.

 

All the subject areas will be reborn here. All of them reborn, remade. In the image of Organisational Management. Optimised. Functionalised. Made useful. At last.

Organisational Management’s very helpful.

You’re being sarcastic. But all subject areas will find their new homes. It’ll all make sense, philosopher. Philosophy will have to become useful.

 

This building is all about asking questions.

Organisational Management questions. In an Organisational Management way.

 

All kinds of things can happen in these corridors. Great conversations. The sharing of ideas. Great thought-romances. These are the Organisational Management streets, where you’ll find all of human life. All of Organisational Management life.

 

Young Organisational Management researchers, full of fun, full of joy. Full of youth, and the vitality of youth. Bubbling with ideas. Extroverted. Ready for collaboration.

It’s like a writer’s room for a TV series. They get to sit around together. Bounce around the ideas.

 

Solitary work is for lecturers. That’s the next floor up. When it’s time to make your particular mark. Prepare to make bids. Prepare to cover your own salary – and more. Earn your keep.

 

We don’t carry passengers, philosopher. You’ll have to be productive … eventually. You’ll have to learn to put in bids. To the funding councils. To the authorities. To business.

You’ll have to justify your office suite. Your place in the building. And so will all the humanities when they move here. You must think us very crass, philosopher. This place doesn’t pay for itself.

Don’t worry. There’ll be a few years’ grace. You’ll be assigned a mentor.

 

You’ll have to demonstrate your impact. The way you change the world.

But we have no impact. We actually have negative impact. Is that possible? Sucking impact out of the world – is that possible?

Whereas O.M. is … All impact. Nothing but impact. We’re shapers of the world. We pretty much are the world.