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Unmasking “The Abdicator”
The rise and fall of a project supervillain
As the final presentation of Day 1 at the Finance 4.0 Transformation Summit drew to a close, the audience was starting to gather their thoughts about the rich series of sessions, preparing for the evening’s end.
Then, with the last projected slide, the unexpected happened: suddenly, with a dramatic flair reminiscent of a classic Gotham City showdown, The Abdicator burst onto the scene.
After his introduction as the personification of the “Not my job” attitude, I toyed a bit with the idea of a supervillain in projects.
The Abdicator’s backstory, showing how a committed clerk became a symbol of workplace negativity, highlighted the transformation of a virtuous clerk into a problematic figure. This narrative, while lighthearted in its approach, sets the stage for a deeper exploration into the real-world implications of such an attitude.
Just like the betrayal by his superiors turned a model clerk into a nefarious supervillain, adverse situations can be the root causes that drive a…
