“Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.” (Laurence J. Peter)
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slow down and REFLECT
on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation
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“Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.” (Laurence J. Peter)
In Your Own Words…
what is the central message of the above quote by the Canadian educator and author Laurence J. Peter?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)
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Getting Personal
In your own experiences in bureaucratic organizations, like in school or at a job, what would you say is the greatest source of frustration that a bureaucratic organization typically confronts an individual with?
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” (John Stuart Mill)
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
“The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine.” (John Stuart Mill)
“Poor fellow, he suffers from files.” (Aneurin Bevan)
“Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept? (Frank Herbert)
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Quotation AI Assistant
Interested in seeing what artificial intelligence (ai) has to say about the meaning of today’s quotation? Compare it to your own interpretation. You may be fascinated, or even possibly humbled.
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