>----------
>From: Leon Levitt[SMTP:
levitt@DHOL.COM]
>Sent: Thursday, January 08, 1998 12:37 PM
>To:
MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: Re: Absurd excerpts from Scott Ott
>
>Scott Ott wrote:
>>
>> Below are some quotes from Richard Farson's "Management of the Absurd:
>>Paradoxes in Leadership". If you are interested in more excerpts (FREE),
>send e-mail to
>> Put the word "absurd" (without quotation marks) in the subject line and/or
>>message line. You will receive a return e-mail with excerpts
>attached as an MS-Word
>> Here are some sample excerpts from Farson's book...
>>
>> "Knowing how people grow, for example, does not mean we know how to grow
>>them. Experts in child development are no better than anyone else at
>raising their own
>>
>> "Absurd as it seems, the way to judge your effectiveness is to assess the
>>quality of the discontent you engender, the ability to produce
>movement from low-orde
>>
>> "Real creativity, the kind that is responsible for breakthrough changes in
>>our society, always violates the rules. That is why it is so
>unmanageable and that i
>>
>> "While they might like to think they are organized for creativity,
>>companies that are sizable and think of themselves as permanent cannot
>encourage creative ac
>>
>> "It presents us with the paralyzing absurdity that the situations we try
>>hardest to avoid in our organizations would actually be the most
>beneficial for them."
>>
>> "The best leaders make their organizations places where their passion
>>becomes the organizing force. 'Amateur' stems from the Latin word amator,
>which means 'lo
>>
>> "Whenever I have the arrogance or audacity to believe that I can reform
>>people, I get nowhere. But when I fundamentally recognize that I cannot
>possibly accomp
>>
>> Grace & Peace,
>> Scott OttFYI: Apparently, you do not have automatic word-wrap. So your
>>lines
>extend way past the screen. When reduced for reply purposes, your
>message becomes truncated, losing the tail end of each section. Thought
>you'd want to know, as might others who may have similar limitations in
>the communications software. Perhaps Charlie can help with this.
>