Musings, leadership tidbits and quotes posted by a retired Navy Captain (really just a high performing 2nd Class Petty Officer) who hung up his uniform a bit too early. He still wears his Navy service on his sleeve. He needs to get over that. "ADVANCE WARNING - NO ORIGINAL THOUGHT!" A "self-appointed" lead EVANGELIST for the "cryptologic community". Keeping CRYPTOLOGY alive-one day and Sailor at a time. 2015 is 80th Anniversary of the Naval Security Group.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
“Diriker’s Rule”
Simply put, there are two mindsets that will kill any organization; they are:
There are times when the mindset has to, in fact, include those dreaded statements. If you have ever been to sea on an FBM Submarine the ship is operated in strict accord with the SORM (Standard Organization and Regulations Manual), the nuclear weapons are controlled in strict accord with the WORM (Weapons Organization and Regulations Manual), and things were always done that way.
Don't forget: "NIH"....not invented here!
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ReplyDeleteI despise those two phrases and have vowed to rid them from each command I am at.
This is good. I will borrow this from you for my blog. I hope you do not mind. Usually you do not...Tell me if you do. Thank you!
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from Sweden
Captain Lambert,
ReplyDeleteThere are times when the mindset has to, in fact, include those dreaded statements. If you have ever been to sea on an FBM Submarine the ship is operated in strict accord with the SORM (Standard Organization and Regulations Manual), the nuclear weapons are controlled in strict accord with the WORM (Weapons Organization and Regulations Manual), and things were always done that way.
Very Respectfully,
Navyman834