Define: "Hospital Pass" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Document every single missing requirement and constraint in an email immediately upon receipt to establish a paper trail of doom."
A project or assignment handed over with an extremely tight deadline or challenging constraints.
What does "Hospital Pass" actually mean?
"A suicide mission designed to ensure you take the blame when it inevitably fails."
"We need someone to step up and handle this difficult client account, it might be a bit of a hospital pass."
"Dave handed me a hospital pass on Friday at 4 PM, asking me to fix the corrupted database before Monday."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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