The Expulsion of the Oblomovs: From the Cult of Concealment to the Practice of Innovation

Piero Formica

Chapter 10 in Stories of Innovation for the Millennial Generation: The Lynceus Long View, 2013, pp 66-69 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract What we want to do is to expel the Oblomovs from public administration. Laziness, apathy and the refusal to act have played a large part in slowing the pace of change in society. Because so many fundamental reforms are needed, we welcome the struggle against shirkers in the public sector, but the action to be taken must go far beyond the boundaries defined by these heroes of apathy. An excess of prudence, whether alone or combined with falsehoods, is a vice of no less importance. It is an ancient wrong, dating back to the cult of concealment as practised by courtiers of the Baroque age. It is time for the shirkers to come out of hiding; for excessive caution to be discarded.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137347312_10

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