Can someone please explain why Nike employees waist sooooo much time on presentations? Where did the obsession for fluff come from?
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Don't forget about status reports. There are people at Nike making six figures and their entire job is collecting status reports from their underlings, then turning that into another status report they send to their superior. That's literally their job every week.
Lol…people worry about the d-mbest sh-t on this forum!
I worked with category VPs and senior designers who would present 75-100 page PowerPoint decks....then print out extras.....Forests were slaughtered and people were sent into comas, all for ego.
Culture driven by former CMO TE who was notorious for cutting off presenters if their slides were in the wrong font.
Also why we have Nike specific fonts.
If you can make a good deck (or pay an agency to make one for you) and use all of the right "Nikespeak" you can go very far in Nike.
*Also if you have a British accent, you can go even further.
Ahhhh @1rrq…you are but a larvae who might one day become a grasshopper.
One must master having OTHER PEOPLE prepare the power point that YOU will take credit for, before one can truly climb the corporate ladder of success.
I got moved to a new org 4 months ago. Rather than sessions about maximizing potential or operational efficiency, defining quality metrics, etc. I'm paid 6 figures to talk about Zoom backgrounds and the most inclusive fonts. Life truly imitates art.
ahhhh grasshopper... one must master the power point, before one can truly climb the corporate ladder of success.
Because they love to talk to themselves about how brilliant they are.