"I favor general use of the psychic-prison metaphor to free people from the traps of favored ways of thinking and to unleash their power and creativity."
--Gareth Morgan, Images of Organization
"We cannot just remodel the prison. No, we've got to get out of it."Interview with Gareth Morgan on the 2nd Edition of Images of Organization Workplace Issues (draft outline) Fear of Being Oneself in the Workplace (draft) ~~Psychic Prison Quotes~~
--W. Edwards Deming
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Sunday, May 07, 2006
Swimming in Circles
Lesson 49
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"IT ISN'T THE PEOPLE YOU FIRE WHO MAKE
YOUR LIFE MISERABLE, IT'S THE PEOPLE YOU DON'T"When I use this line in speeches, I get more 'amens' than a Billy Graham sermon. You can't put a little plaque with those words on your desk, but if you are a manager, you would be well advised to engrave them on your psyche."
Lesson 67
*****"....I once fired an employee who then went into competition with me and began using what I thought were unfair business tactics. The psychic energy and accumulated bitterness that went into my thoughts of revenge consumed me for the better part of five years."
--Harvey Mackay, Swim with the Sharks
