I came up with an idea, on my own, that will streamline something we do. Take stuff that ties up 3 people for about 4 hours a week and eliminates it completely. If fully deployed, I can multiply that savings by, conservatively, 100 per month (roughly 400-600 man hours/month in perpetuity). I direct my group to put it in motion on a small scale (a proof of concept if you will). The results exceed my expectations. Everybody's happy. So, my boss tells me to pitch the idea (because there is some minor impact to one department - no additional work, just a different way of doing their work). So, I create a demo, I create an Impress presentation (saved as PPT of course) and I show it to the directors. They *LOVE* it. I can't roll this out fast enough to suit them. This is such a good idea that when I brief my boss, he wants me to present it to the CIEFOs and VP's. Cool, I say. "But I'll need to polish up your presentation a little. You know, change it so it says what's important at that level," he says. I looked at it once and it's no longer identifiable as mine. I mean, it reads like the worst marketing foo you've ever read and has NONE of the content that will make sense to demonstrate how this new method is better and to what extent it is. Then my boss schedules me for a meeting with some of the same folks I've already showed this to, but with his presentation, so I can "practice". My boss is going to sit in on the presentation, so I can't change it. This b-l-o-w-s. I've already done this - TWICE. And now I have to do it with content that isn't even mine and doesn't even make sense. Swell. I have never been happier that I'm starting A&P school in a week.

Only "and so I must hork it up" needs to be added to the sentiment. ;0(