【Behind the Scenes】S……
Head of a new departnt''''s preparatory unit. On the unspoken □□ of Whitehall, this was usually the antechaer to the throne of that departnt''''s Per Secretary.
The Departnt of Synergy Coordination.
A vase with a vague ret?
A gilded cage?
Or… a blank vas, waiting to be shaped?
He returo his desk and sat down, pig up a fountaihe deep erald on his fourth finger caught the lalight with a discreet, inner glow.
The nib touched the randubook, rking the date—18 January 1980.
Then, it flowed sothly into letters:
"Appointed PUH for the new Dept. of Synergy Coordination.
"Ret: Establish frawork and oversee initial operations.
"A sop to the coalition? A plat for Hyde? A potential gilded cage?"
Initial ret is nebulous, budget will be strained, proinalisation. But nebulous also ilies lleable. A potential infortion nexus. Marginality provides roofor noeuvre. The key to seizing the opportunity lies iablishing initial credibility and an infortiowork…
The nib paused for a breath, then tinued downwards:
"Priority: Establish operational credibility. Build infortion nexus. Survive the initial phase of political irrelevance…"
The elegant script gradually filled two pages, finally cluding:
"The kiln is fired. The vessel''''s foris yet clay. Opportunity resides in perceived uselessness."
The final full stop was a fra darker.
Alistair raised his right hand and reached for the telephone beside hi
He o sider his choices with care, starting with the civil servants to be seded…
In the deep London night, an in the great Whitehall e had quietly engaged, bringing with it a new, unknown fri, and a new possibility.
The kiln fire burned silently.
The Departnt of Synergy Coordination.
A vase with a vague ret?
A gilded cage?
Or… a blank vas, waiting to be shaped?
He returo his desk and sat down, pig up a fountaihe deep erald on his fourth finger caught the lalight with a discreet, inner glow.
The nib touched the randubook, rking the date—18 January 1980.
Then, it flowed sothly into letters:
"Appointed PUH for the new Dept. of Synergy Coordination.
"Ret: Establish frawork and oversee initial operations.
"A sop to the coalition? A plat for Hyde? A potential gilded cage?"
Initial ret is nebulous, budget will be strained, proinalisation. But nebulous also ilies lleable. A potential infortion nexus. Marginality provides roofor noeuvre. The key to seizing the opportunity lies iablishing initial credibility and an infortiowork…
The nib paused for a breath, then tinued downwards:
"Priority: Establish operational credibility. Build infortion nexus. Survive the initial phase of political irrelevance…"
The elegant script gradually filled two pages, finally cluding:
"The kiln is fired. The vessel''''s foris yet clay. Opportunity resides in perceived uselessness."
The final full stop was a fra darker.
Alistair raised his right hand and reached for the telephone beside hi
He o sider his choices with care, starting with the civil servants to be seded…
In the deep London night, an in the great Whitehall e had quietly engaged, bringing with it a new, unknown fri, and a new possibility.
The kiln fire burned silently.