A grizzly tale. And very true...

1. Policy Police
A Prologue.
Surplus to Requirements
Being summoned to an all-
staff briefing at a day’s
notice is never a good
sign.
Especially when that day’s
a Sunday.

2. Following a meeting of
the AMADEUS* Group
at the weekend…
…it has been decided that
Technology Division will
be laterally restructured
from the Agency.
* Agency, Ministerial And Departmental
Efficiency Utilisation Strategy

3. “Laterally
Restructured”?
You know.
Lateral…
sideways.
Through the
window and on
to the street.

4. But they don’t
have windows
in Tech Div’s
basement.

5. We were planning
next year’s budget.
We’re on the
Strategic Board.
I thought we
were part of the
You were. This Inner Circle.
decision was taken
at the Inner Core.

6. It’s cruel. Some of
them haven’t seen
daylight in years.
The lucky ones
will find another
damp basement
someplace…
…but where
will I sleep
now?

7. It’s the ones who
tried to fit the
corporate mould
I feel sorry for.

8. They never
made convincing
suits.

9. What happens
to all the
Tech stuff
they used to
do.
It gets
devolved to the
front line.

10. What’s that
mean?
It means
everybody
does their own
Tech stuff.

11. Ooh! Shopping!
I can do that.
I knew there’d
be somebody,
somewhere who’d
think it was a
good idea.

12. Wasn’t there
supposed to be
a Tech Strategy
for the Agency.

13. Tech Div
were leading
on that.
They had to
ensure the Agency
used technology to
be agile in a
turbulent
environment.

14. If they were
leading, who was
doing the work?
They had to
exert their
influence on
everybody else.
Their vast
influence?
Unfortunately
everybody else
was bigger and
uglier.

15. And agile?
How can a
monster like the
Agency be agile?
Isn’t agile
for cats?

16. Making change
happen at the
Agency is a bit
like turning a
supertanker.
Like turning
what?
You know,
a big ship.

17. Sorry, but I
don’t know
any sailors.
I knew
some once. All they were
interested in
was drugs and
group sex.

18. Prob’ly explains
why turning a
supertanker’s
so hard.
Sigh…

19. But when the
time came, Tech
Div didn’t see it
coming.

20. The axe fell and
they just
weren’t agile
enough to get
out the way.