Football frenzy is almost over and will be long gone by the time anyone reads this post. WC '10 will probably be remembered for some weird reasons... an Octopus and a Parrot making predictions, Upsets and First time Finalists, Referee blunders and a promise by FIFA to consider the use of technology in forthcoming editions, just to name a few.
But this post is not about what happened in FIFA WC '10. This is an imagination of how the corporate world can be influenced by such mega-events.
Animated Coaches screaming their lungs out and making gestures that only they can understand can influence Project Managers and Team Leaders sitting in the big cubicles. Some poor techies are working their ass off to make a piece of code work and the PMs jumping around and yelling abuses. Unit test cycle fails and the next thing you see, some PM throwing monitors and keyboards on the ground cussing team members and yelling at the quality team (read: referees) for giving NCs.
Floating octopeds in Business Development teams immersing food packets in boxes marked "Fixed Price" / "Time & Material" OR "Onsite" / "Offshore".
Technical Consultants flipping from seats in fake injuries when their leave is not approved and they are asked to work extra hours on a Saturdays. Fall on the ground, roll a bit clutching the stomach or calf and if no one notices then sit back on the desktop resuming work.
Shakira couldn't "Waka Waka" for IT geeks but a little bit of jiggling before appraisals will not hurt those HR guys and supervisors.
There could be many more intersections between the corporate world and the world cup, care to contribute??
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