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If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

And I think it's true of any big organization... Bureaucracies and organizations make it hard to do the right thing sometimes.

There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the way they need to go, there's a time when one has to step up... to set the organization back on the right direction.

The reality is that most companies are not about any values at all - they are about making money. It is extremely rare for a business to stand for anything because most businesses don't want to alienate potential customers, and if you believe in anything you are going to alienate someone.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.

There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line.

People have a fundamental right to organize. It's rooted very much in the Constitution and people's right to free association.

It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.