Tizzy Moments

I think it's funny how little things can throw us for a loop. For example, I felt like I was doing great yesterday. Working hard, moving forward, enjoying my work, etc. Then BOOM one message from my boss, and everything is thrown into a scrum. 

In this case, it's such a silly message too. 

There is a seminal report that the leaders love to reference here at work. It's about 20 pages? And when I read it, I knew something was missing. Well, I found the missing something. The 20-page report is a summary of a 300-page report. Taht 300 page report is incredibly academic and is probably a multi-year project. No one but me knows about it. I'm trying to educate everyone about it. 

Regardless, the second piece of this puzzle is that when I showed up, they had a study already in place. This organization had commissioned CSU to perform a study on ROI of Training, and they were hoping it would be as seminal. One key from the 20-page "summary" document I mentioned above is that it tends to say that every $1 in investment yields $3 in return on that investment. It's a bit of a specious claim if you ask me. BUT, again, they love that around here, they just don't know how anyone found it. 

They were hoping the CSU report would be the same type of thing. 

When I showed up and saw the results of the data collected for the CSU ROI report, I knew there was a problem. The study that CSU designed was not at all designed to get the type of ROI data that either the 20-page summary or the 300-page original report provided. It's like telling me to build a commercial skyscraper, but giving me plans and materials to build a two-story residential dwelling. It can't be done. 

Long story short, I publish what I can from the CSU report to get it out the door. I built a two-story residential dwelling. 

Well, my boss wrote this morning that our CEO is not happy with that two-story residential dwelling, he wanted the commerical skyscrper. UGH. 

Secondly, it was an early morning text. Double UGH.

And I have a meeting with the CEO tomorrow. Triple UGH. 

Now, when I step back and consider, I know that the CEO is never happy. That's the nature of CEOs. They're never happy. Secondly, I've told him most of this before, but now I have the 300-page report. I wonder if I should show him that. Thirdly, when we meet, he may be onto something completely different. Who knows! 

But, I was/am sitll in a tizzy. Why? I don't know. 

Will I lose my job? No. Doubtful. I don't see that happening. 

If it does, will I be in dire straghgtS? No. Doubtful. I betcha I could get a job pretty easy. 

So why the tizzy? 

Are tizzy's just normal?