But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.

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Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people...

Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people...

Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is...

Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is...

Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to...

Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to...

A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.

A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect...

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect...

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.

Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.

To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule...

To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule...

Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?

Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?

This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not...

This whole phenomenon of the diversion of organizations from their purposes and ideals does not...

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree,...

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree,...

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on...

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on...

Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for...

Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for...

The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.

The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.

Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so...

Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so...

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability...

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability...

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which...

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which...

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of...

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of...

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable...

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable...

You are attached to what you attack.

You are attached to what you attack.

But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in...

But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in...