The Mind Creative
that follows. There was no authorship displayed on the document,
and further research failed to enlighten me further. So I will
acknowledge that it is not my composition.
In the beginning was the plan.
And then came the assumptions.
And the assumptions were without form.
And the plan was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the workers.
And they spoke among themselves saying,
“It is a crock of s–t and it stinketh.”
And the workers went unto their supervisors and said,
“It is a pail of dung and none may abide the odor thereof.”
And the supervisor went unto their managers and said,
“It is a container of excrement and it is very strong, such that
none may abide by it.”
And the managers went unto their directors, saying,
“It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength.”
And the directors spoke among themselves, saying to one
another,
“It contains that which aids plant growth and it is very strong.”
And the directors went unto the vice presidents, saying unto
them,
“It promotes growth and is very powerful.”
And the vice presidents went unto the president, saying unto
him,
“The new plan will promote the growth and vigour of the
company, with powerful effects.”
And the president looked upon the plan and saw that it was
good.
And the plan became policy.
I told the faculty member that his dramatic gesture would be more
relevant in front of the Chairman of the Board.
The oldest Policy Handbook is over 2000 years old. It was not a
book, exactly. God inscribed ten rules for the benefit of the Jews.
Not having access to paper and such he scratched them out on
two slabs of stone, and gave the weighty (pun intended) document
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