CONFUSION AND THE STABLE DATUM

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unless an executive or staff member fully grasps the basic principles of confusion and a stable datum then the org board is completely over his head, the reason for posts is not understood and dev-t becomes routine. A post on the org board is the stable point. If it is not held by someone it will generate confusion. If the person that is holding it isn't really holding it, the confusion inherent in that area on the org board zooms all over the place near and far. Any executive getting dev-t knows at once what posts are not held because dev-t is the confusion that should have been handled in that area by someone on post. With that stable terminal not stable, dev-t shoots about. (HCO PL 27 Oct 69)