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If by oversight, the focus group contains imaginative but incautious enough to tell you how stupid the plan is, you can ignore that too, and make a note to bear this person in mind for the next [[redundancy|redundancy round]]. After all, [[it is not the done thing to call bullshit in a professional setting]].
If by oversight, the focus group contains imaginative but incautious enough to tell you how stupid the plan is, you can ignore that too, and make a note to bear this person in mind for the next [[redundancy|redundancy round]]. After all, [[it is not the done thing to call bullshit in a professional setting]].


Of course, this works both ways: however well thought-out your plan is — unlikely, but let’s allow for the moment that it is'''' well thought-out — you can be sure the workforce will ignore your change program, just as you ignored their feedback on it. They will just carry on with what they have always done, how they have always done it, until they are [[Reduction in force|riffed]]. Those remaining ''after'' the riff will adjust their habits so that they can carry on, as nearly as possible, with that they were doing before.
Of course, this works both ways: however well thought-out your plan is — unlikely, but let’s allow for the moment that it is “well thought-out” — you can be sure the workforce will ignore your change program, just as you ignored their feedback on it. They will just carry on with what they have always done, how they have always done it, until they are [[Reduction in force|riffed]]. Those remaining ''after'' the riff will adjust their habits so that they can carry on, as nearly as possible, with that they were doing before.


Meantime, high in the Gods, an [[opco]] will present a weekly [[dashboard]] to a steerco, the [[RAG]]s will all be green lights, the [[steerco]] will be happy, the project will be completed, everyone moves on, and nothing will have changed.
Meantime, high in the Gods, an [[opco]] will present a weekly [[dashboard]] to a steerco, the [[RAG]]s will all be green lights, the [[steerco]] will be happy, the project will be completed, everyone moves on, and nothing will have changed.
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*[[Thought leader]]
*[[Thought leader]]
*[[Self-perpetuating autocracy]]
*[[Self-perpetuating autocracy]]
*[[Reduction in force]]