I wonder how many man hours [person hours? Person years??] have been wasted in meetings and Powerpoint 'presentations' that anybody not brain-dead could have flipped through in 5 minutes....not to mention day-long instruction sessions that could have been completely summarized on two pieces of paper, or sales pitches that would have taken a short paragraph and a dozen bullet points.
In my days as a corporate slave, it was plenty...and even our managers were skeptical of the whole process. I can only conclude that some upper executive type found it all entertaining and thought nobody else had anything better to do than join in the fun...
Note to self: For gosh sakes, look like you are grappling to understand the speaker's bullet points, and quit quoting dialog from Bullitt with the person sitting next to you.
The only thing worse than a powerpoint presentation...
on Monday...with the PHB is TWO powerpoint presentations on Monday; the second to explain the first to the PHB.