Become Quote by Chris Fussell Download Open image “In any bureaucracy, there's a natural tendency to let the system become an excuse for inaction.” — Chris Fussell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Become Bureaucracy Inaction Nature System
The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As soon as we stopped sleeping with our cousins and build walls, temples and a few decent nightclubs, society became too complex for any one person to grasp all at once, and thus bureaucracy was born. A bureaucracy breaks the complexity down into a series of interlocking systems. You don't need to know how the systems fit together, or even… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share
We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. It doesn't work the way we like… — Jennifer Pahlka Copy Share Image
Bureaucracies temporarily suspend the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In a bureaucracy, it's easier to make a process more complex than to make it simpler,… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Effective process is not bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is senseless process. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
“The gargantuan, ever-growing, ever-less-accountable, impossible-to-uproot federal bureaucracy is actually the sleeper issue of our time. It’s at the heart of the conservative critique of… — Jim Geraghty Copy Share Image
Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
I think these large bureaucratic institutions are created in some way explicitly to inoculate anyone from actual responsibility, to create a much more diffuse… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
It's difficult to feel as though you are truly being effective at work. Many of us feel trapped in endless meetings, with barely any… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
“As you move up and achieve ever-greater success, the world will constantly push you to assume the archetype of a lauded, lone hero. The… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
A dynamic team cannot rely solely on orders; they must be able to read each others' every move so they can act as parts… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
If the most deeply interconnected individuals can exemplify the behaviors that your official top brass sets out, then the rest of the organization will… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
Most teams are naturally flat; they have fewer members than a large enterprise, which allows for intimacy and trust to form. This makes collaborative… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
“In his 2004 book The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, psychologist Barry Schwartz makes the case that when one is given more… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
By providing clear objectives for your team, and setting guardrails for how they get there, you will set them on the path to success. — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
The Defense Department is prone to all of the 'traditional bureaucratic rules,' which is the same thing you'll find in most traditional government systems. — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
Special operations are small, highly specialized. They do amazing work when they're put into the fight, but it's a limited resource. And so if… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
When the collective mentality of any organization is self and self-preservation first, it's a sure sign of pending doom. — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
Bureaucratic advancement means fewer peers, more span of control, generally an increasing information-pump function, and increased distance from the actual implementation of whatever it… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
The 20th century was all about hierarchies: if you want to create something, if you want to start a country, create a product, whatever… — Chris Fussell Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I… — Roz Savage Copy Share Image
A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region. — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
If someone has the opportunity to become a model, I would say, 'Do it.' — Cameron Russell Copy Share Image
I had a talent for copying the signatures of dignitaries like Indira Gandhi, Amitabh Bachchan and so on. So, I wanted to become someone… — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
In the Tea Party era, it is the restless conservative Republican who has become passion's plaything, the toy of impetuous romance, an erotomania only… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
You can never tell when a commercial space venture will suddenly become viable. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background.… — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider… — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
My first bill to become law repeals regulations to make everyday life easier and more affordable for Americans. — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home - pride… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image