#113: Where nonsense is at work

In between the two hierarchical extremes of executive floor and factory floor, of suite and cubicle, is where nonsense is at work. In the middle are the people who want to protect the hierarchy because they dream of securing more of its power and rewards.

(What about the people at the bottom and at the top? The people at the bottom are pressured into submission by the hierarchy and the people at the top are immune to any form of pressure – mainly because they are exerting the pressure.)

This is how the middle-people protect the hierarchy: The middle-people are charged with translating the vision from above into instructions, rules and regulations. These instructions, rules and regulations are supposedly designed to make it easier to execute the strategy. In reality, though, they do little more than to protect the hierarchy for those engaged in climbing it.

Before you say, “Nonsense!”, I suggest that you study your policies and procedures more carefully.



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