{"id":331,"date":"2010-07-14T19:55:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T18:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonjnugent.com\/?p=331"},"modified":"2010-07-14T19:55:14","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T18:55:14","slug":"quantumleapfrog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonjnugent.com\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Leapfrog"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I wandered bleary-eyed through the airport this morning, I smiled wryly (not easy at 06:00 in Heathrow, you know) at the new Accenture advertisement. The tag line is "Play Quantum Leapfrog" and the picture shows a frog leaping over three other frogs in a single bound.<\/p>\n

Clearly they wanted us to think that spending millions on Accenture consulting springs you ahead of the competition. Sadly for them the term "quantum leap" more accurately describes a tiny, instantaneous jump in a random direction.  Now for me that is far more in keeping with the Accenture experience, lacking only diamond plating on the frog to complete the picture. A rare bout of subconscious honesty escaping to the surface perhaps?<\/p>\n

(P.S.  This ad replaced the previous Tiger Woods one.  Oops.)<\/p>\n

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