Thursday, August 27, 2020

The preliminaries before the centre can no longer hold

When an organisation is in the process of collapsing it would seem the majority of the management class simply don't get it.

Do they ever stand back and admit that they have played a major role in causing the failure?

They write reams of pages and expend great energy and time in an attempt to give substance to the collapsing facades. Instead of propping them up it never dawns on them to ask what's the point.

They never dare ask the foot soldiers for their views and opinions. Don't ask the awkward questions and always toe the party line.

They pick a few scapegoats, thinking by rebuking them, closing them down, the centre can hold for the immediate future.

And then the self-importance.

In the weeks and days before the Berlin Wall came tumbling down all the management class could do was call its opponents traitors.

Like a rabbit caught in the headlights.

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