In Spite Of Warnings, Nothing Much Happens

Most Hierarchies Are Nowadays So Cumbered With Rules And Traditions, And So Bound In By Public Laws, That Even High Employees Do Not Have To Lead Anyone Anywhere, In The Sense Of Pointing Out The Direction And Setting The Pace. They Simply Follow Precedents, Obey Regulations, And Move At The Head Of The Crowd. Such Employees Lead Only In The Sense That The Curved Wooden Figurehead Leads The Ship .

Bureaucracy Defends The Status Quo Long Past The Time When The Quo Has Lost Its Status.

In A Hierarchy Every Employee Tends To Rise To His Level Of Incompetence ... In Time Every Post Tends To Be Occupied By An Employee Who Is Incompetent To Carry Out Its Duties ... Work Is Accomplished By Those Employees Who Have Not Yet Reached Their Level Of Incompetence.

Fools Rush In Where Wise Men Fear To Trade.

The Unexpected Always Happens.