Blogging Becomes Life

I was on a call today, and I actually used my own blog as a reference point. The call was supposed to help align the work that Marketing does with the work my own department, the Research Department, does. I believe that Marketing is tired of going back and forth with my edits, which I can certainly understand. 

I think, too, that the Marketing personnel I lead are a bit less "robust" than I am. Meaning, I think they may jump at their own shadow quite a bit. This question about the CEO review makes me think this. JA wanted to run our edits by the CEO before moving forward. I don't know about you, but if I were CEO, I'd have bigger things to worry about than verifying that someone has accurately translated my notes and edits. 

Initially, I was a bit perturbed. Most of the meeting focused on how the Marketing group would assume more of the functions that I have been working on. Should I write an Industry Report? Not anymore. Writing an Industry Insight report... not anymore, you're not. White paper? Fact Sheet? Podcasts? Nope, nope, and nope. Marketing will handle all of that.

My first thought . . . I hate to say it, but my first thought was that this will be a rolling fucking disaster. Why? Cause I don't like adding others into projects I'm already working on. And I see the Research Department as my own. 

Then I realized . . . 1) I have a LOT to do. 2) I could use the help. 3) I've modeled what I want. I've written and published multiple documents for Women in Construction, ROI of Training, and now Value of Credentials,  ... this is the time to have others help out. They've seen what I want; let them do it now. Just like I said in my previous post. 

By the end of the meeting, I was an ambassador for change. Maybe they'll do a better job than I ever could, and I can get all the credit.

But as a cynic, I think it will be much harder than they think it will be, and I'll have to step in and help. Sadly, I don't have as much faith in JA as I do in myself.