August 2nd, 2007
It’s Not a Job for a Hot Dog
by gscott [permalink]
Sometimes a job doesn’t call for innovation or creativity, at least not on a day to day basis. At the end of the day if this “White Knight” gets creative, then all the more power to him - no pun intended, actually it was. As he says, “it’s not a job for a hot dog.” I love the ending too… I won’t spoil it for you… watch the video.
July 3rd, 2007
12 New Job Titles! What One Do You Want?
by gscott [permalink]
I asked the question on LinkedIn, “Curious: what is the most unusual job title at your company?” I have noticed a resurgence of the title of “Evangelist.” Is this a symptom of the demand for talent or more creativity in the workplace? I received twelve fantastic answers! Let me know the one that you think is the best or add some new ones. If you want to see the first twelve click here, “Chief Yahoo!” - 12 Great Job Titles - I want more!”
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Chief Swashbuckler and Idea Merchant; Art Director and Miracle Worker |
There’s a media company called Out of this World in |
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Minister of Enlightenment |
My company (Aquent) has a “Minister of Enlightenment.” I’m not sure what his primary job is, but he works at least part of the time on employee communication initiatives. |
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Chief Happiness Officer |
The Vancouver Board of Trade has a Chief Happiness Officer. You can’t beat that. It’s funny on the surface - but what’s really more important than that? |
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Ninja |
It is not within my company, but I recently received a job opening for a Ninja. It is the official title in that company for a webdesigner. |
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Chief Wiki |
Not my company; but a guy who is somewhat of a factotum! |
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Manager of Fats |
I used to work for a food distribution organization and that one always brought a laugh. Manager of Pork is almost as good. |
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Evangelist; Business Life Improvement Coach; Brand Evangelist |
I used to staff Evangelists in my last company for business transformation and process improvement jobs. I notice this title emerging quite a bit. How about a business life improvement coach? I staffed one of those once as well as a Brand Evangelist. It is quite funny how companies are coming up with these titles. |
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Head Geek; Minister of Propaganda |
I styled myself Head Geek at a previous employer; my wife has served as Minister of Propaganda (event promotion and liaison to the outside world). |
June 19th, 2007
“Chief Yahoo!” - 12 Great Job Titles - I want more!
by gscott [permalink]
I asked this question on Linkedin.com, “what is the most unusual job title at your company?” and got some great answers! I wish I had the company name for all of them. Add your own to the comments and tell me what company!
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Factotum |
I work with a guy who knows everything. |
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Implant Manager |
The best I have seen has got to be “Implant Manager” for a curvaceous lady leading a small team of travel agents. These people worked in the offices of large company X, but were employed by a third-party organisation arranging all the travel for the employees of company X - hence they were “implanted” into the larger company, I suppose. |
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Paranoid |
Paranoid (a.k.a. Information Security Experts) |
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Dictator |
My favourite one was “Dictator” for “The Republic of Cappuccino.” |
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Conductor of Magical Printing |
Perhaps the most unusual title at Rastar was my previous (and still favorite) job title: Conductor of Magical Printing. |
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People Development Group |
In my present job we don’t have HR department, instead that department is know as “People Development Group” (PDG). |
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Monster Diva; Chief Yahoo |
At Monster our receptionists were “Directors of First Impressions” and our founder’s PA was “Monster Diva”. I also love Jerry Yang’s title at Yahoo! “Chief Yahoo”. |
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Director of Sales and Smiles |
He’s always “fabulous.” The company is Visual Goodness, and the holder is one of my partners, Edward Cox. His title fits him like a glove. |
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Chief Instigator; Worker Bees |
The CEO of our company goes by “Chief Instigator” We used to refer to our content people on the site as “Worker Bees.” Ahhhhh…..the good old days! |
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SPOC |
SPOC (at TELUS) - Single Point of Contact - The IT department and yes that is their official title. |
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