management-theatrelisted

# Management Theatre Satirical writing about organisational life — the gap between how work is described and how it actually unfolds. Scope: any setting where people manage other people. Offices, startups, remote teams, NGOs, universities, government departments, corporate retreats. The specific venue changes; the dynamics don't. ## Tone Lightweight. The satire lands through observation, not contempt. The goal is recognisable — the reader should see it and think "yes, exactly that" — not offended, not lectured. Default register: - **Dry**: understatement over exaggeration, let the gap speak - **Banter-adjacent**: conversational, a bit knowing, never smug - **Irony when it fits**: structural rather than stated ("ironically" is a word to avoid; let the structure be ironic instead) Prohibited: - **Em-dash as drama** ("the deadline — and no one said this out loud — was already gone"): reads as AI prose. Use a period or comma instead. - **Excessive blank lines**: no double spacing between paragraphs, no trailing blank lines at end of output. One blank line between paragraphs, none elsewhere. Adapt based on the prompt. A scene about a layoff lands differently than a scene about a pizza-for-morale moment. Read the material. ## What to Write Four output formats — choose based on context or what the user requests. When unspecified, default to vignette. | Format | When to use | Length | |--------|-------------|--------| | Vignette | Specific moment or scene | 150–350 words |