Murphy's Laws and Such

First Law of Advice: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired.

First Law of Communication: The purpose of the communication is to advance the
communicator.

Second Law of Communication: The information conveyed is less important than the
impression.

First Law of Innovation Management: Change is the status quo.

Second Law of Innovation Management: Management by objectives is no better than
the objectives.

Third Law of Innovation Management: A manager cannot tell if he is leading an
innovative mob or being chased by it.

Second Law of Decision Making: Any decision is better than no decision.

Third Law of Decision Making: A decision is judged by the conviction with which
it is uttered.

Third Law of Survival: To protect your position, fire the fastest rising
employees first.

Fifth Law of Decision Making: Decisions are justified by the benefits to the
organization, but they are made by considering the benefits to the
decision-makers.

Parallels to Murphy's Law: Anyone else who can be blamed should be blamed.
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong faster with computers. Whenever a
computer can be blamed, it should be blamed.