[Matrix]

Aside from the obvious, the way this has been announced internally has been nothing short of a farce. Ringing around desperately because the story was out isn't exactly best HR practice, but then again the whole process has been one which feels a times like it is being made up as it goes.

Honestly, it does sound like the BBC management have just completely forgotten how to actually manage things (not least staff morale). Like with the Reithification project, there just seems to be a lot of putting unfinished plans into action under the assumption that things will sort themselves out in the end/when needed while also making off-the-cuff quite significant changes along the way. Absolutely no way to manage projects of this scale.

The Project Lead walking out mid way through the recruitment process has been a particular ‘highlight’ but, as you allude to, there is so much which just smacks of rank-amateurism. 

Don’t get me wrong. I can see a rational for the approach of merging the two channels. The execution, however, is just demoralising and insulting — often without need if only someone with actual change management experience had led this. 

Quite black humour around though this morning.