Instant Business Speak 25: The Vacation

High-flyers are now increasingly in an On-Going Catch 22 Situation. To do well in their organisation, can they really afford to take a vacation? It means you are out-of-the-loop, rarely get a full heads-up and miss out on cascades. Slide-decks silently fill your in-box in a predatory manner and fully transparent is rather opaque. Consequently many good men and women increasingly take a 'Soft Vacation' (TM); not in the office for a week or so but simply surreptitiously checking their phone between dips in the pool with the kids, hiding in aisle 4 (drinks) of the little French supermarche to write long responses on why the figures are not good and scouring www.GetMeABrandNewJob.com in the local internet cafe.

Don't do it. Take a Real Vacation and turn off the electrons. Or The Other Kind of Vacation which is appreciate the joy of just being there.

Whatever, you need a proper break.