Once you understand radical management and the idea of delighting customers, many of the practices of traditional bureaucracy appear comical or pointless, like a Dilbert cartoon.
This has led to some accusations of bogus or pointless claims, although these businesses - which take a cut of any payout - say that they are simply providing a service for those who were previously unaware or nervous about making claims.
However, it will make it less worthwhile or even pointless for many of today's low-income workers to save for retirement.
Their lives are lost, whether as a gift, laid down at the feet of their friends, or a pointless discard of precious life...
She speculates that the abilities of savants in areas that neurotypicals tend to find pointless or boring may result from an ability to see differences where a neurotypical would see only similarities.
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We talked about Twitter not so long ago, but for those of you who do not remember - it is a place where you can post messages about what you are doing - no matter how pointless or uninteresting that may be, as long it is not any longer than 140 characters.
If they are in a workplace they set impossible deadlines or assign the victim to several pointless tasks to set the victim up to fail or to feel like they don't have any worth.
"We are very lucky no one was injured or killed in this reckless and pointless attack, " he said.
With no new leads or suspects, this seems both pointless and expensive.
He said that, once airborne, pilots would have to leave the restricted zone, which would take about 25 minutes, rendering it pointless for short helicopter flights or one-hour flying lessons.
Or do we go on playing a pointless blame game, creating a climate that discourages our diplomats, U.S. military advisory teams and intelligence officers from taking necessary risks -- and relies even more on fortifying our embassies.
Should people be sized up by gate agents, or asked their weight as part of those pointless security questions?
If you're not the owner of a 720p HD display or projector, the question may seem arcane and pointless.
Some are pointless, nothing more than daily itineraries or dietary choices.
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Since many instructors deducted points for tardiness, it was pointless to procrastinate working on that essay or concoct elaborate excuses about why you were five minutes late to class.
As with all such reports, it is pointless to attack either the bona fides or the expertise of the individuals who labored to produce a final product that they hope will bridge the deep Congressional divide.
For the on-the-go entrepreneur looking to develop the next big app company or small business with a cult Pinterest following, waiting on forming an incorporation or LLC for their dream start-up seems practically pointless.
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"It would be pointless us going to a planning meeting in November or December until these plans have been addressed, " he said.
There is a determination, not least because of public opinion, to negotiate with Iran until it either yields results or it becomes crystal clear to everyone that further negotiations are pointless.
Green MP Caroline Lucas called Mr Osborne's statement a "budget for pointless austerity" full of cuts that were "neither unavoidable or fair".
Attempts at revitalising growth are being thwarted by pointless and unproductive investment in areas that either leave DPA untouched or actually harm it.
This isn't to say that campaigns should ignore social media, or that efforts by voters to influence the election by organizing online are pointless.
Reviled and adored in approximately equal measure, The Path was either a pointless and sexually predatory perversion of the action-adventure genre or a must-play expanding of the emotional and narrative possibilities of gaming.
The remainder of the press conference went on in this manner, rendering the translation headsets pointless and drawing out each question (and response) to 10 minutes or more.
There's nothing more frustrating when reading a story or when watching a movie than being led off at a tangent as the author indulges in some pointless navel-gazing.
Applied to the same organization or field, smart grants can leverage investments many times over, as long as they do not carry pointless restrictions, and are part of a larger plan creating other unrestricted, long term sources of income.
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Kelly struggled to find studies that could conclusively say whether or not private equity firms create jobs, but the mere act of researching such a thing strikes this reader as pointless.
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