π³ππππ’ π΅ππππ πππDear Corporate Management, a word in your shell-like...
"We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams, we would be re-organised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising; and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation."
π³ππππ’ π΅ππππ πππAssuming my 'source' isn't hallucinating:
"The actual author is Charlton Ogburn Jr., who wrote it in his Harperβs Magazine article βMerrillβs Marauders: The Truth about an Incredible Adventureβ (January 1957)
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He later rephrased it in his 1959 book The Marauders, saying something like:
βPerhaps because Americans as a nation have a gift for organizing β¦ a wonderful method it is for creating the illusion of progress at a mere cost of confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.β"
JessπΎ
@Sheep_Overboard@infosec.exchange Great quote, though I think misattributed.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/11/12/reorganizing/
π³ππππ’ π΅ππππ πππ@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange
Yes, caution grabbed me so I was just having a looksee, as these misquotes are rife.
My first turnup is "Petronius never said that. Itβs a 20th-century quote by Ogburn, later miscredited to Petronius."
π³ππππ’ π΅ππππ πππ@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange
Yes, caution grabbed me so I was just having a looksee, as these misquotes are rife.
My first turnup is "Petronius never said that. Itβs a 20th-century quote by Ogburn, later miscredited to Petronius."
JessπΎ@Sheep_Overboard@infosec.exchange Yeah, people always love to misattribute to old historic figures rather than some 50s or 60s business speaker.
JessπΎ@Sheep_Overboard@infosec.exchange Yeah, people always love to misattribute to old historic figures rather than some 50s or 60s business speaker.