The Great Enemy of Truth… A Bite-Size Project Management Thought

‘For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie–deliberate, contrived and dishonest–but the myth–persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.’

John F Kennedy
Yale University Commencement: June 11, 1962

John F Kennedy also said:

‘No matter how big the lie, repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth.’

The Great Enemy of the Truth

The project management lesson I take from Kennedy’s ‘Great enemy of the truth’ quotation is simple. It’s the importance of communicating plentifully and openly.

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