Supervillains: The Dark Side of the Meeting
Once we'd decided to make a superhero the star of our current catalog , we naturally started to develop the idea further. He got lots of great superhero accessories from our range – and at some point, we also came up with some great arch-enemies for him. We are referring to those who are particularly disruptive at meetings and conferences.
The self-admirer: He is vain. Even if an idea isn't good, it's his, right?
Types of people who can disrupt and sometimes even ruin a conference or a process. Of course they exist. And every one of us has encountered these types. (Sometimes we even catch ourselves being like that…)
The sunshine. It has grand visions and sometimes clashes all the more harshly with reality. Ouch.
Most of the time, these types – wait, there are women among them too – are well disguised and not always recognizable at first glance; sometimes they (or we) don't even know how destructive their (or our) powers can be: There's, for example, the comparatively harmless Funny Interjectionist , who always strikes when someone else wants to say something.
He often finds things too simple. Sometimes he's right, sometimes he's wrong. It's complicated.
More difficult and time-consuming to work with is the "discussor ," who wants every detail thoroughly discussed and clarified from the very first attempt at a new idea. And so on… Incidentally, we came up with a whole series of these characters – none of which ultimately made it into our catalog.
When he's around, nobody dares to speak up. After all, he's the one in charge here. Or so he says.
Ultimately, our articles are designed to convince these arch-villains, using sound methods and proven tools, that no villainous behavior is needed to achieve goals.
Fighting against him is difficult. But don't worry, his species is threatened with extinction.
To make a long story short: We left them out of the catalog. But we still want to show them to you. If only so that we can occasionally see a bit of ourselves in them. Enjoy our villains!
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Editorial team: Neuland
Drawings: Thies Thiessen