"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."
-Robert Shea
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"It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.“
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"The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength."
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"Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action."
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"To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse."
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"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"
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"Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail."
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