The Poppins Doctrine

A doctrine is a principle that has put on a uniform. The Poppins Doctrine expects discipline, and rewards it.

A doctrine earns its keep on the worst day, not the best. Anyone can behave well when the sun is out and the boss is pleased. The doctrine is for the rainy Tuesday when nothing works.

In any Indian office there is one person who knows where everything is, whom to call, and how things actually get done. The organisation chart does not show this person. Reality does.

An organisation is only a group of people who have agreed, for now, to pull in roughly the same direction. A word is a lamp. This one is now yours to carry.