tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172849500038892506.post7699400994370139753..comments2010-05-23T09:50:54.395+01:00BunchberryFernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052412244423677714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172849500038892506.post-71866161848792804802010-05-23T09:50:54.389+01:002010-05-23T09:50:54.389+01:00I suppose all of us get a bit squeamish about translating things into hard numbers. We &#39;know&#39; that the numbers aren&#39;t real.<br /><br />But so does everybody else. We don&#39;t have a problem with money not being real; nobody is going to give me, the bearer, a real &quot;pound&quot; and I don&#39;t particularly mind. It&#39;s a consensual fiction that&#39;s useful to all of us.<br /><br />Perhaps, we should all be more comfortable with &#39;notional&#39; hard numbers? (As long as it doesn&#39;t lead to meaningless target-chasing? Which is perhaps inevitable... Oh noes, I can&#39;t even manage to <i>talk</i> about quantifying my enthusiasm in the comments on my own blog ;)BunchberryFernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052412244423677714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172849500038892506.post-7452092037232047152010-05-21T14:37:36.295+01:002010-05-21T14:37:36.295+01:00Oh, how this post resonates with me! I&#39;ve been in exactly the same position you talk about. Enthusiasm is very hard to translate into the hard numbers that senior managers like to see...Mark Berthelemyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17812278774682999567noreply@blogger.com