Quote: John Kenneth Galbraith on the Truth About Organizations

Posted by Alex in Quote-a-Day on June 4, 2008 at 2:03 am


"In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone."

– John Kenneth Galbraith, economist


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4 comments to "Quote: John Kenneth Galbraith on the Truth About Organizations"

  1. Vako
    June 4th, 2008 at 2:17 am

    Thus the failure of democracy.

  2. gtron
    June 4th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    this is why I have resigned from the last three "successful" organizations I have worked for... while financially successful, random observation of each (and all three were in different sectors) clearly shows ineffectual and faulty methodology that continues, 'because that's what works'...
    I guess you could apply this also to the Human race: we shouldn't be producing so much emissions and be nicer to poor folks, meanwhile, humanity continues along, , and the leaders say "look at the progress" - farcical in the micro, farcical in the macro

  3. bean
    June 4th, 2008 at 10:14 am

    I agree, we shouldn't be nicer to poor folks.

  4. Tempscire
    June 4th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Sad but true.


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