Playful Management Metaphor: I am like a…

Are you like a staple remover?

by David Zinger

Let’s think differently inside the cubicle rather than differently outside the box.

What object in your cubicle (or your office if you are a big shot) are you like as a manager?

For example, are you like a pen, a stapler, a swivel chair, a key board, etc?

In addition to stating what object you are like I’d like you to think 2 or 3 ways you are like the object.

This is meant to be playful so weird or bizarre associations are not only welcome they are encouraged.

For example, you could say:

As a manager I am like a tape dispenser.

• I am a little tightly rolled.
• I stick to things.
• I have a bit of a sharp edge.
• I hold things together.

How about it, look around your office, create your management metaphor, and add it to the comments.

Go ahead you can object to this or have fun and be like an object! Write your comment and let us know what management is like for you.

Photo Credit: My cubicle at work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_dugger/484374030/