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Yes, there is a story about Agent Orange, and we knew that it harmed our troops and we knew how long it was to get the medical community to accept that, the military to accept it, the VA to accept it. ↗

— Christopher Shays

#accept #agent #community #get #harmed

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. ↗

— Robert Shea

#degree #department #every #extraordinary #happens

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

#becoming #frequent #including #jobs #keep

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many and varied, rather than on their structures, which lend to be similar. ↗

— Robert Shea

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The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets. ↗

— Robert Shea

#ahead #another #bypass #chess #get

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power. ↗

— Robert Shea

#absolute power #anyone #power #seeks #wants

As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out. ↗

— Robert Shea

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Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves. ↗

— Robert Shea

#attracts #because #better #fulfilling #more

But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization. ↗

— Robert Shea

#i #instead #may #necessity #organization

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes. ↗

— Robert Shea

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