this headline off an official wee island website got me sniggering/giggling/chortling:
'Amoebas' help civil servants spawn ideas
curiosity got the better of me so i had to click on the link then:
The civil service is encouraging mini-revolutions within its ranks to get its officers to think afresh on a range of issues important to Singapore's future. Small groups of younger civil servants volunteer to brainstorm ideas on issues which interest them and come up with suggestions for change. Already, they have sped up change in areas ranging from car taxes to a charter spelling out the role of Temasek Holdings and providing more funding for pre-school education. The ministry-based teams are called amoebas because of their short lifespans. They have 90 days to get together, discuss, submit a report and disband.
that's something new innit, thinking amoeba's.
is there some evolution of some sort quietly taking place over 'ere on the wee isle that i'm not aware of?
as enscribed by the letter b @ November 11, 2004 03:16 PM