Alan (the Lone Librarian rides again) Teder’s Reviews > The Organization is Here to Support You > Status Update

And then I knocked on the door, it opened, and as I saw inside, and what I saw—it was the beginning and the end of everything, the deep well from which springs all hope and all despair.

... founded on persisting principles, when in fact there were programs, policies, and people who had all been clarified out of existence.

In the organization, the word “clarify” was used as a euphemism, whenever we had to correct a mistake, update something that was obsolete, or completely change our policies. Every change was labeled a clarification, and the façade that we never really altered anything in a meaningful way helped to assure everyone that the organization was a durable and resilient organization, ...