Human Experience Shows That People, Not Organizations

It Is A Human Inclination To Hope Things Will Work Out, Despite Evidence Or Doubt To The Contrary. A Successful Manager Must Resist This Temptation.

When The Men In Russia Foul Up, They Are Dismisses, Sometimes Losing Their Necks. But We Protect Those Who Fail And Press Them To The Government Bosom.

If You Are Going To Sin, Sin Against God, Not The Bureaucracy. God Will Forgive You But The Bureaucracy Won't.

The Tools Of The Academic Designer Are A Piece Of Paper And A Pencil With An Eraser. If A Mistake Is Made, It Can Always Be Erased And Changed. If The Practical-reactor Designer Errs, He Wears The Mistake Around His Neck; It Cannot Be Erased. Everyone Sees It.

Thoughts Arising From Practical Experience May Be A Bridle Or A Spur.