Bill Braun in "Junk" Science LO21609 said:
>One of my first bosses had an expression that he liked to repeat (so often
>he was the butt of good natured jokes).
>
>"We believe in corporal punishment
>around here. After a few good beatings, people don't make mistakes
>anymore. Actually, they don't do much of anything anymore."
>
>It got his point across.
I like it! Those quips can be useful. His boss had a useful framework.
And it reminded me of the president of a large US trucking firm, in the
midst of a management retreat with all his top people and in the middle of
our discussion of the value of employee involvement and participation in
the improvement of morale and the reduction of turnover:
"That is like asking the vegetables how to design a refrigerator."
That thinking was much less useful, methinks. And, to this day, I still
wonder how he came up with that one!
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