12 October 2015
I chat on the phone to a member of our diversity task force (da-da-da-DA!!). We are plotting a grand event to launch the diversity charter and some diversity training and some diversity support groups. We have not got permission for any of these things either. Fortunately, my co-conspirator has organised for us to borrow a meeting room free of charge, and also for us to borrow some drinks and nibbles after the main part of the meeting, and he is going to organise a seminar on unconscious bias as well. Not that anyone in the patent profession suffers from unconscious bias, obviously, as I have been told many times by many people, usually the ones who have not noticed I don’t wear cufflinks. I have also organised for some IPO speakers to kick-start the event. I am wondering whether we should cut a ribbon or unveil a plaque or smash a bottle of champagne against a wall or something, but I can’t face getting permission for such ceremonial complexities. Also I suspect the bottle-smashing idea might not appeal to the people who are lending us the meeting room and the nibbles. We plan to broadcast live from the borrowed meeting room, using borrowed video equipment. What could possibly go wrong?
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