{"id":941,"date":"2011-10-25T21:48:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T20:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adendavies.com\/crowdsourced-job-title-2\/"},"modified":"2011-10-25T21:48:27","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T20:48:27","slug":"crowdsourced-job-title-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adendavies.co.uk\/?p=941","title":{"rendered":"Crowdsourced Job Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am about to run out of business cards at work. I fancy a change of job title on the next batch.<\/p>\n

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“ <\/span><\/td>\nI need some help coming up with a new job title. I got promoted 18 mths ago but never changed it. I have decided to crowdsource a new one.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\nCurrent job title = Innovation Technician. What should my new one be? *Stands back and awaits abuse\/comedy\/serious suggestions*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nAnd boy did they come flooding in…\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@em_cooper Lord Aden of Innovation?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Lord Aden of Banking Innovation and Stuff<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nHas a certain ring to it.\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 King.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@Whatleydude Splendidly regal but does it really give enough detail about what I do?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 You rule.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nThank you James.\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 I nearly got away with putting “Director of WOW” at Telstra 12 years ago when we were doing an “e-business” pilot with bus cards<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@AndrewGrill I tried for Head of Awesome on some business cards a while back just to see if our secretary was checking. She was.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nI am not smart enough or cool enough to know what this means but it made me snort like a pig.\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Moob Technician<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@haddington Good one Rosy Cheek Administrator<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 leave it blank with a insert what you think I am option. So its Aden D: Job (pls fill in) ___________<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nThe marketer thinking outside the box.\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Widget Afficionado<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 got to include ‘evangelist’ somewhere<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 though having ‘innovation’ in your title implies everyone else isn’t responsible for innovation, so you’re probably fucked. \ud83d\ude00<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Innovation Champion? Or why not invent a new one – Innovationalist! (i like that one)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Jedi Ninja Innovation Evangelistia for Disruptive Currency Environments, SVP (CAPS not optional)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 I forgot include: ‘Member of the Executive Board for Gamafication Gurus’<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n6 point font required to get all that on one card\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 stick with Innovation Technician – there’s something delightfully je ne sais quoi about it \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 High Evangelist – Digital, Innovation Conversionalist, Digital Guru, Innovation badgerer<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Mega something.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nPossibly the most offensive suggestion of the day. Again made me laugh a lot.\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Innovation Pornstar; Near Field Marshal; Cloud Cuckoo.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Surely it’s ‘Defender of the Universe’? I can think of no other title suitable for your good self.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n“@imperica: Some advice here, perhaps? http:\/\/goo.gl\/nFGmz<\/a> Best job title – FMCG business “Global Head of Hair”” amazing.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 How about just ‘Aden’? You’re really good at being Aden, and can claim you’re fulfilling your objectives every year…<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nI like the practical nature of this suggestion. Maybe Chief Aden. VP of Aden. \n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\nSensible but boring suggestions = Innovation Analyst or Architect.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\nThe wankiest one I have come up with so far is Digital Futurist…or maybe should go with Post-Digital Futurist for full on comedy.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n‘if you call yourself digital futurist im cancelling your table at the christmas do’ Harsh words from @Paul_Woodhouse1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nMy team mates were not as supportive as I would have liked\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\nPeople on the Internet are funny.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nAnd that was the end of that little experiment. Some fantastically amusing suggestions. I am no closer to deciding on a new job title or whether to just keep my current meaningless one. Either way it was a very amusing hour or so. Thank you one and all.\n<\/div>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 Daydream Maestro has a good ring to it.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“ <\/span><\/td>\n@aden_76 @newsmary Daydream Believer. I thank you.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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