"The most efficient way to implement an empowerment program is to have meetings where you punish people for the decisions they made while at the same time encouraging people in the group to think for themselves. Eventually, the employees become numb, thus developing a healthy tolerance to the hopelessness of their situation. Hopelessness isn't the same as happiness, but it's enough to make the employees stop complaining, and that's a good start."
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Scott Adams
Scott Raymond Adams (June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026) was an American cartoonist and satirist, best known for his Dilbert series of comic strips and books.
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