Robert Shea
Robert Shea
Robert Joseph Sheawas an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus!. It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In 1986 it won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Shea went on to write several action novels based in exotic historical settings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 February 1933
CountryUnited States of America
One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.
Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.
Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves.
As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out.
Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.
But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.
It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.
Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?
The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.
A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.
Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only.
We ought to work collaboratively to fix what is now broken, which is a system that provides across-the-board pay raises to everyone regardless of their performance.
The world of work is not a straightforward career ladder as it was years ago. It's more like a jungle gym.