Tuesday, July 31, 2012

A Wise Organization



A wise organization will have enough bend that it can absorb some incompetence and knavery without breaking because invariably it will encounter both. It will have an inner circle that knows what's being feared, desired, and said in the outer circles and which worries more about smugness than dissent. It will get its arms around the way things work and will know the difference between the office politicians and the quiet producers. It will devote more time to finding solutions than to catching culprits. It will remind people of why they matter and its actions will reflect that far more than posters or slogans. It will remember that it is employing individuals and groups of individuals and will understand they require different things. It will focus on the basics, but will continually explore just what that means. It will strive to have mavericks working on teams with each benefiting from the other. It will be imperfect, demanding, creative, and supportive, and, despite the occasional crisis, will get the right things done. That will always be stressed: Get the right things done.

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