Opinion remains divided over the 21-day incubation period, with some media companies insisting their staff stick to it.
Perrault's staff, stuck for inspiration, turn their model upside down, and hey presto, it makes sense!
Instead, many on the White House staff stuck around, only to find themselves now, a year later, colliding as they head for the door.
For now, Obama and his main advisers, the defence secretary Leon Panetta and general Martin Dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, stuck to the highlights.
UK manufacturing staff, stuck in the trenches on the other side of the pound/euro divide, face layoffs, short-time working and low wage rises.
Staff stick around longer and are more productive, they say; and the state pays out less in tax credits, saving public money and ending the absurdity that sees taxpayers subsidising stingy or inefficient employers.
Ben Affleck is the US exfiltration specialist in this thrilling dramatisation of a real operation to rescue US diplomatic staff stuck in Tehran after the seizure of their embassy, shortly after the Islamist overthrow of the Shah in 1979.
"Whatever happens outside, we know about it, but as long as the team sticks together and the staff stick together, it's not really a problem".
From freeing staff stuck behind desks to iPad-carrying helpers, to reconsidering the role of hotels in a future world of freelance workers and telecommuting.
Volunteers may come for a two-hour shift, but how late does the staff stick around?
