Famous quotes by Robert Shea:
"The world of work is not a straightforward career ladder as it was years ago. It's more like a jungle gym."
"The data [on post-Katrina performance] isn't a factor in their assessment, but it is a factor in their improvement plans. A lot of what we seek to address through the improvement plans were some of the weaknesses that we've recognized in responsiveness to the disaster."
"We ought to work collaboratively to fix what is now broken, which is a system that provides across-the-board pay raises to everyone regardless of their performance."
"Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola."
"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"
"Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful."
"You are attached to what you attack."
"As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out."
"But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization."
"This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not seem very serious when the scum rise to the top in the bridge club or the offices of a small magazine publisher."
"One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions."
"But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes."
"Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only."
"The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians."
"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."
"That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar."
"Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for one another and hunt in packs, they'd all have ended up being eaten by leopards."
