One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.

Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear.