From Donna's Desk:
Milo turned green this morning.
Before the morning coffee had cooled, Mr. Conway found a way to assign it strategic value.
Apparently, corporate is circling something “environmental.” We are not sure what it is, how it works, or whether anyone involved has read past the word “green.”
But there stood Milo, visibly unwell, and suddenly he was “perfect” for investor-facing sustainability.
I wish I could say this surprised me.
Workplaces love a visual shortcut. Green means healthy. Smiling means fine. Busy means productive. Quiet means available. A sick raccoon means stakeholder alignment, apparently.
The real work is looking past the signal and asking what is actually happening.
So I’m curious:
What has your workplace mistaken for progress because it looked good in a meeting?
Have you ever watched a real problem get rebranded instead of getting solved?
I’ll be here, trying to get Milo a chair before Marketing assigns him a tagline.
Donna
If you’ve ever thought, “How am I the only adult in this room?” you’re among friends.
Donna Lake Comic is for the people who keep things moving while everyone else creates new complications. The ones who solve the problem, and keep their actual thoughts safely behind a very controlled facial expression.
It’s a sharp, heartfelt office comedy about corporate nonsense, competence fatigue, quiet leadership, and the strange amount of dignity required to function in an increasingly unreasonable workplace.
Welcome to Donna Lake.
