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“The more deference there is, the narrower the band of judgements on which organisations rely. Deference acts like the fatty deposits that build up in arteries, restricting the flow of fresh, oxygen-enriched blood across the system.”
― Robin Ryde, Never Mind the Bosses: Hastening the Death of Deference for Business Success

“It really matters when the work we are doing doesn't.”
― Scott Mautz, Make It Matter: How Managers Can Motivate by Creating Meaning

“He walked with just such a limp as I have seen in footsore tramps.”
― H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

“The Australian is forcefully loquacious, until the moment of expressing any emotion. He is aggressively committed to equality and equal-opportunity for all men, except for black Australians. He has high assurance in anything he does combined with a gnawing lack of confidence in anything he thinks.”
― Robin Boyd, The Australian Ugliness