Dangerous Default Modes

• Peace instead of justice.
• Evasion instead of disclosure.
• Complexity instead of simplicity
• Image instead of substance.
• Activity instead of achievement.
• Comfort instead of excellence.
• Quotas instead of merit.
• Short-term instead of long-term.
• Rudeness instead of courtesy.
• Turf instead of coordination.
• Bureaucracy instead of flow.
• Alibis instead of action.
• Ambition instead of ability.