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“Jellyfish Managers, much like their aquatic namesakes, have a nervous system but neither spine nor brain; with the same orifice functioning as both mouth and anus; randomly stinging whoever is in their path, and unaware that their actions might one day get them squished.”

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“DOLINSKY’S IMPERATIVE: “Individuals must take it upon themselves to form and grow bubbles of civility within and external to their organizations. Doing so creates new and deeper relationships across stakeholders. It prevents bureaucratic claptrap and friction from descending like a toxic cloud of dissatisfaction. Friction is reduced, and the spread of the workplace zombie virus is slowed.”

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“Delusionary Defilade: Leaders who surround themselves with sycophants remain ‘protected’ from seeing things as they are, continue to see things as they want them to be, and delusions of adequacy often follow. This is usually evidenced by a ‘leader’ telling a group to ‘not let perfect be the enemy of good’ when no plan, perfect or good, is likely to be presented as a course of action. The idea of ‘how things should be’ regarding the problem itself or the team’s capabilities, rather than understanding how things ‘are,’ will result in an incorrect orientation that prevents even a good plan from emerging.”

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“The Mist of Mismanagement is similar to Clausewitz’s fog of war. Uncertainty impedes situational awareness, but unlike the fog of war, the mist is self-inflicted. It unnecessarily disrupts communication, engagement, and unity of action leading to organizational failures.”

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“Organizational Fibrillation [OF]: Frenetic, irregular, or unsynchronized activity, further characterized by its unproductive nature, resulting from disorganized signals and erratic impulses, ending with the collapse of the organization’s ability to operate efficiently or effectively, absent an intervention.”

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