I was thinking today about The Classic Blunders, as described by Fezzini.
1. Turnover isn't free. So much knowledge never gets written down; it's domain knowledge or experience that only exists in the mind of the person. When the person walks out the door, all that know-how goes with him. (And that's just the smallest cost. Pour encourager les autres is a great way to utterly demoralize les autres.)
2. Prickliness isn't free. When you have prickly people you have to deal with, day in and day out, it wears on the soul.
3. The Mission Isn't Everything. When The Mission Becomes Everything, it means people are willing to sacrifice all the essential parts of a reasonably happy and healthy life - like health, family, a sense of balance - In Order To Make The Mission Happen.
