Rob Colquhoun

The difference of the doers and the ditherers

Donald ditherer decided to formulate a consultation committee before bringing 14 shortlists, joined with a presentation in order the start the panel to decide the members of the committee. After a long and durable consultation process – the panel was formed, reformed and re-re formed after unreforming and reforming itself once more. The establishment of the committee was a long and arduous task, after which a group was founded to choose the managing committee for the institute of Ditherers. This was to be composed of a ditherer general, a ditherer secretary and the dodderer financial secretary. They had to inform the nation of ditherdom before presenting the committee before they could ditherise the dithererings of ditherdom any more.

Meanwhile, David Doer, with the help of some wise and learned friends, formed a group of people willing and able to carry out the tasks of his kingdom. He chose a variety of able and active men who were willing and capable of making decisions to rule. After careful consideration no doubt his cabinet of doers created a capable and able governing process.

Meanwhile, Donald and his dithering associates were unsure about how to approach the king to apply for a loan. They decided to approach him by asking anyone but the king. First, they asked the Queen’s dressing maid. But she was not sure. Then, they asked the King’s valet. But he was unable to help them. Finally Donald decided to organise a conference of the institute in order to resolve the problem. They tried to create a new school for the impoverished area of dawdle. First, 10 conferences were started in order to discuss the issue, followed by a consultation process of 6 months, before which health and safety paperwork needed to be done for 2 years and the protection from action council analysed the situation for another 15 months. At the end of this process, one of the architects had placed a stone wrong and then the process needed to be started again. Donald had vigilantly decided that far more paperwork and bureaucracy was needed in his kingdom and the civil service increased tenfold. But his kingdom was invaded by barbarious Teutonic knights. The civil service, was unsure of how to react because they management procedure had required a consensus agreement before actions. While Donald and his contemporaries dithered, the kingdom of ditherdom was burnt to the ground.

David in the meantime had clearly seen that his territory needed money badly. He approached the king, in most humble and correct procedure- at which after some wrangling and difficult discussion, the king decided to give a grant rather than a loan to his subjects. David then arranged his educational whizzkidz to manage and build a school in 10 weeks. Meanwhile his kingdom came under attack. His well prepared army were pre organized and ready to defend themselves against the barbarian hordes who threatened his kingdom. And David ruled supreme.