Business theatre

Did you cast yourself a role in business theatre?

Let’s find out. Do you…

Study your ‘elevator pitch’? Shooting clichés from the hip makes us feel others think we know what we’re doing. Business theatre favours pat answers over the discomfort of not knowing what you’ll say until the context is clear.

Fill your calendar with things because “busy means important”? Nobody’s calendar is as full as they’d have you believe. People have time for what’s important to them, business theatre obscures what’s important with feeling important.

Make decisions quickly because that’s what Bezos did once? Not making decisions is uncomfortable. Rushing decisions soothes the discomfort, business theatre favours your feelings above making a good decision.

Business theatre is a popular show.

We can act, or we can do better. Not both.