101 Corporate Haiku

by William Warriner

Twice the light comes to a corner office; I wait for twice the vision. In the tradition of Theory Z and Sun Tzu, these haiku are witty observations of our corporate lives. Soon the whole nation will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201409429
• ISBN13: 9780201409420
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Succinct advice in 17 syllables

I treasure this book! My copy is an integral part of my reference library, and is frequently referred to, and often quoted: 'Truly, the Wise One is creative: he invents his own statistics.' Humour and truth: an important combination. Highly recommended. Jennifer Cameron-Smith

Experience, / more than IQ to appreciate / corporate Haiku!

It takes the honesty of reflection about what truly happens in the workplace, to possibly deeply appreciate this work... William Warriner captures all the subtle nuances of 'relationships' in offices, all the 'usually unsaid'behind the statistics! savour.......Heat shimmers from cars / surrounding my parking space; /they all want my job.He has a certain sense / that history begins / with his arrival.In youth, we learnt that / a company must grow; now/we teach it to shrink

Little words of wisdom or words of little wisdom?

A fantastic book with some real gems.Here's an example ... " A tropical beach, at last. I trace in the sand a lazy spreadsheet." At first look it may sound trite and yet on consideration the thoughts behind are so deep. We all look forward to get away for a holiday, and yet so many of us have got so caught up in routines and our fast paced lives that we've forgotten how to really enjoy our leisure.William says it beautifully ... and in 17 syllables :-)