"The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not."

Previous Quote

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

— Laurence J. Peter