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title: "Inaction does not save you"
url: https://campbell-online.com/blog/2006/04/09/inaction-does-not-save-you/
description: "“If you do not assume responsibility for breaking the system in the way you want it broken and then integrating it to a better plateau, it will break by itself to a."
published: 2006-04-09
updated: 2006-04-09
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# Inaction does not save you

Published 2006-04-09

April 9, 2006 · [Process improvement](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/process-improvement/) · [Knowledge work](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/knowledge-work/) · [Tools and techniques](https://campbell-online.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/)

“If you do not assume responsibility for breaking the system in the way you want it broken and then integrating it to a better plateau, it will break by itself to a worse plateau. So inaction does not save you; it gives the power of your demise to outside forces.”

[Ichak Adizes](http://www.adizes.com/), *[Managing Corporate Lifecycles](http://www.adizes.com/products.asp?keywords=English&do_search=1&catid=111)*

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