I thought about Isabella today. When I first created Isabella, she was young and carefree. She was in her twenties. She was not very sophisticated. She looked like this:
Ballpoint Pen on Moleskine Ruled Notebook
Throughout the years Isabella assumed a different look and outlook. She had many adventures. She went through several transformations. She became more introspective. I also drew her in different ages. I drew her as a second grader, a high school and college student. One day I would draw her as a mother or wife and the following day as a young woman who just graduated from college or a young girl playing with the neighbors.
Isabella is not always dark. In fact she has many light moments. She is like beer, even though she does not drink beer: Dark, Pale, Lite, Regular. I am not really sure about the last label but you get my drift. I don't drink beer either, so I really don't know all the classifications. This is an Isabella Lite post. Today a friend sent the following email. I usually glance at them and then delete them but this one was sent by a very smart friend who knew I don't like joke emails so I figured it must be worth reading. I came up with this drawing. It is what Isabella would do with 400 bricks. This is a far cry from yesterday's post.
Ballpoint Pen on Moleskine Ruled Notebook
How to Properly Place Employees
- Put 400 bricks in a closed room.
- Put your new hires in the room and close the door.
- Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours.
- Then analyze the situation.
A-If they are counting the bricks, put them in the Accounting Department.
B-If they are recounting them, put them in Auditing.C-If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks, put them in Engineering.
D-If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order, put them in Planning.
E-If they are throwing the bricks at each other, put them in Operations.
F-If they are sleeping, put them in Security.
G-If they have broken the bricks into pieces, put them in Information Technology.H-If they are sitting idle, put them in Human Resources.I-If they say they have tried different combinations, they are looking for more, yet not a brick has been moved, put them in Sales.
J-If they have already left for the day, put them in Marketing.
K-If they are staring out the window, put them in Strategic Planning.L-If they are talking to each other, and not a single brick has been moved, congratulate them and put them in Top Management.
Finally, if they have surrounded themselves with the bricks in such a way that they can neither be seen nor heard from, put them in Congress.
Coming Up Next:
The Sadistic Teacher or How To Lose Your First Best Friend