You know it’s late November not because of the lights twinkling on trees, the generally bad (digital) invites to corporate holiday events or the toxic Christmas scents in shops and hotel lobbies. Rather, it is because this is the season for sneaky emails that pop up on your screen from a panicked assistant who’s been charged with pulling together a year-end board report or 2012 strategy document. They generally read something like this:
知道岁末年关将临，不是缘于道路两旁的火树银花，也不是因为受邀参加公司庆典常见的那种不怀好意的短信，更不是因为参加在商店与酒店内举行、用心险恶的圣诞节香水促销活动，而是在这个时节，电脑上突然收到的某些六神无主的公司助理所发的鬼鬼祟祟的电邮，对方负责草拟公司的年终总结或来年的战略规划，电邮的内容大致如下：
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