Crazy Rules are Made to Overcome Stupidity | Phil Cooke The Change Revolution

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I laugh at some of the stupid rules churches make but sometimes they are very hard to get rid of.  It's kind of like the government making a law for 1 or 2 people doing stupid things and equally hard to remove it from the books. Phil has some great ideas on how to approach it.

"Over and over, I visit organizations that have incredibly stupid rules in place. One TV station had a rule that you had to switch between cameras every 10 seconds - no matter what. A church had a rule that you couldn't change the lighting on the stage. A production company had a rule that you couldn't have close-ups in a program. The list goes on and on - completely insane rules at otherwise apparently normal organizations. If your organization has rules like that in place - before you beat your head against a wall - here's the reason:
Somewhere in the past - probably before you came onboard with the company - a person with no skill, talent, or intelligence did something really stupid, over and over again. Chances are they were morons. They kept repeating the same mistake, and management got so frustrated, they finally put their foot down and had to create a rule - even a dumb one - just to get him or her to stop. But now that person is gone, people have forgotten why it happened, and you're left to deal with that incredibly stupid rule. If you're in that miserable situation, here's my recommendations:"
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