Cheers,
Here you will find tales from the strange, swirling corridors of SHOTE — Sustainable Humanitarian Outreach and Technical Expertise — a place where grand visions are crafted, endlessly refined, and sometimes even launched into the world with great ceremony… though not always with great clarity.
These stories are absurd, satirical, and only slightly exaggerated. The world of SHOTE is the fruit of Hedwig’s imagination — but every resemblance to real people, places, and bureaucratic labyrinths is entirely on purpose.
Within these chronicles, you’ll meet the tireless visionaries, the managers with perfectly polished smiles, the committees that consult on consultations, and the brave little people who, despite everything, keep things running.
You are warmly invited to step inside and wander the hallways — just mind the circular meetings and endless memos.
Welcome to SHOTE Sweet SHOTE. You may never find the exit… but you’ll have a good laugh trying.
Official Disclaimer: The contents of SHOTE Sweet SHOTE™ are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual institutions, individuals, or baffling procedures is deliberate, intentional, and fully deserved. Side effects may include chuckles, head-shaking, and an uncontrollable urge to question meeting agendas.
Approved by the Committee for Narrative Alignment™ and the Office of Imaginative Oversight™..
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They weren’t nostalgic. They had no illusions left. But neither had they surrendered. Around the table, laughter rose again — stubborn, irreverent, alive. Bar La Vision, where disappointment was drunk down and defiance poured another round. And somewhere between the laughter and the silence, someone muttered the only leadership lesson that ever survived the years:…
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In Episode 10, SHOTE drifts into Strategic Alignment Fatigue™. Dashboards turn blank, the Feedback Tracker™ flatlines, and staff vanish while Questions Committees recycle the same pleas in ever-new templates. Johnny’s pep talks echo into silence, Lionbum smiles “GO TEAM,” and HR trumpets survey results exceeding 100% like a Serbian election. Amid absurd workshops and hollow…
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Whoever has worked with an NGO will recognise the sacred ritual of defining the Vision, the Mission, and the Values — ceremonies repeated so often they acquire the weight of liturgy.
Hedwig's Chronicles 