The departure of Karl Wallace and
the subsequent departure of Patricia Ryan; played out publicly what
many people know or assume about the terms 'Board', 'CEO', 'Director'
and 'Brand' mean in relation to public administration.
Such titles and jobs are more associated, with an uncertainty about credibility and a certainty about personal profit, than they are with work or production. The Patricia Ryan's of Ireland are all about 'delivery' and 'oversight'. They ensure the project is delivered, to her credit, so her and others like her can perpetuate the myth of their competence. They oversee who responds to their invented authority and who questions it, so further recruits for the pyramid scheme can be identified.
The multiplication of the hierarchy is important, it guards its existence. Patricia Ryan did not pick up her pay check so those implicit in gifting her (not hiring her) for a job she was not suited for nor needed for. The reality is, she lost nothing in this exercise, it is not clear why she was hired or if she was needed, all she needed to do, was nothing to receive her gift.
It was the actions of Karl Wallace and his colleagues Jo Mangan and Maeve McGrath who's depatrure brought her down. Unlike Patricia they have lost financially as they gave up positions they had to compete for, they lost personally as unlike Patricia, they had labour of use and they applied it to the concept at hand and they have of course lost professionally as they showed a disregard for paymasters.
In the media storm that followed Patricia did what the rest of her ilk would do, they danced like nobody was watching.
In the blind determination she showed in her inability and her vacuousness regarding how she could not relate how professional artists, cultural workers and anyone who attempts to be rewarded for their ability viewed her salary.
She danced like nobody was watching, assuming enthusiasm would qualify her, that in ignoring all that was around her;
Eyes clenched closed- her appointment she didn't think “was very relevant to people on the ground”
Fist's pumping- she thought “people were more interested in the programme, what’s going to happen, and what’s in it for them...that’s what my focus has been and that’s what it will continue to be”
hips- with a life of their own that she was doing the job she was needed to do and despite it all she said “If anything I’m even more determined”
Then, her friends stopped the song, put a coat on her and called a taxi- so they could continue their party, without her.
*Quotes from http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/artistic-director-of-limerick-city-of-culture-resigns-1.1641819
Such titles and jobs are more associated, with an uncertainty about credibility and a certainty about personal profit, than they are with work or production. The Patricia Ryan's of Ireland are all about 'delivery' and 'oversight'. They ensure the project is delivered, to her credit, so her and others like her can perpetuate the myth of their competence. They oversee who responds to their invented authority and who questions it, so further recruits for the pyramid scheme can be identified.
The multiplication of the hierarchy is important, it guards its existence. Patricia Ryan did not pick up her pay check so those implicit in gifting her (not hiring her) for a job she was not suited for nor needed for. The reality is, she lost nothing in this exercise, it is not clear why she was hired or if she was needed, all she needed to do, was nothing to receive her gift.
It was the actions of Karl Wallace and his colleagues Jo Mangan and Maeve McGrath who's depatrure brought her down. Unlike Patricia they have lost financially as they gave up positions they had to compete for, they lost personally as unlike Patricia, they had labour of use and they applied it to the concept at hand and they have of course lost professionally as they showed a disregard for paymasters.
In the media storm that followed Patricia did what the rest of her ilk would do, they danced like nobody was watching.
In the blind determination she showed in her inability and her vacuousness regarding how she could not relate how professional artists, cultural workers and anyone who attempts to be rewarded for their ability viewed her salary.
She danced like nobody was watching, assuming enthusiasm would qualify her, that in ignoring all that was around her;
Eyes clenched closed- her appointment she didn't think “was very relevant to people on the ground”
Fist's pumping- she thought “people were more interested in the programme, what’s going to happen, and what’s in it for them...that’s what my focus has been and that’s what it will continue to be”
hips- with a life of their own that she was doing the job she was needed to do and despite it all she said “If anything I’m even more determined”
Then, her friends stopped the song, put a coat on her and called a taxi- so they could continue their party, without her.
*Quotes from http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/artistic-director-of-limerick-city-of-culture-resigns-1.1641819
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