Did you know that Emmett Lee Dickinson invented and/or profoundly influenced every aspect of the modern-day workplace?
Here is a "top ten" list of the ways Dickinson has impacted the world of work; he invented or inspired...
1 . The coffee break
2. The “to go” coffee cup and the vehicular coffee cup holder
3. Gossip and the rumor mill
4. Office Politics
5. Cubicles
6. Casual Fridays
7. Human Resources (although Dickinson’s original concept was Human Race Horses)
8. Personality Inventories
9. Rush Hour
10. The water cooler
Of course, when it comes to coffee and coffee breaks, no poet has written more poems on the subject than Emmett Lee Dickinson (check HERE for some examples). He also wrote a number of other poems about work, office politics, and the rumor mill. One of his most famous poems about gossip, "The talk as fast as Rumors grow," is below on the left. His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "They talk as slow as Legends grow," below on the right.
Here is a "top ten" list of the ways Dickinson has impacted the world of work; he invented or inspired...
1 . The coffee break
2. The “to go” coffee cup and the vehicular coffee cup holder
3. Gossip and the rumor mill
4. Office Politics
5. Cubicles
6. Casual Fridays
7. Human Resources (although Dickinson’s original concept was Human Race Horses)
8. Personality Inventories
9. Rush Hour
10. The water cooler
Of course, when it comes to coffee and coffee breaks, no poet has written more poems on the subject than Emmett Lee Dickinson (check HERE for some examples). He also wrote a number of other poems about work, office politics, and the rumor mill. One of his most famous poems about gossip, "The talk as fast as Rumors grow," is below on the left. His poem inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem "They talk as slow as Legends grow," below on the right.
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: They talk as fast as Rumors grow The boardroom on their mind With voltage of hostility And tales that intertwine – They laugh at lies as Plots do Twist Predestined to unfold The point with damned revision Portentously is told. | By Emily Dickinson: They talk as slow as Legends grow No mushroom is their mind But foliage of sterility Too stolid for the wind -- They laugh as wise as Plots of Wit Predestined to unfold The point with bland prevision Portentously untold. |
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