Bulldozer00's Blog

In an e-mail from friend and mentor Bill Livingston, he said:

If duty is focused on method and practices, there can be no responsibility either for meeting the objective or for any consequences of services. If goal attainment is chosen paramount, there can be no limitations on methodology. Duty for professional services is given by authority. Responsibility for outcomes must be willingly taken by the designer. – William L. Livingston

Think about how obsessed most companies (especially large ones run by fat heads) are with regard to following standard corpo policies, rules, methods, and practices. In other words, red freakin’ tape. In these abominations that have lost their way, if one is a good soldier and loyally follows the unchangeable rules inscribed in stone by the dudes in the head shed, there can be no repercussions for failure to achieve goals. After all, since the corpocrats created the operational rule set and they’re (of course) infallible, that means the rule set is perfect. Hence, if you follow the rules to the letter but cause a disaster, you’re absolved.