Hats | LRH vs COB
LRH — Founder of Dianetics and Scientology
“Organization consists of certain people doing certain jobs.
“Disorganization consists of each person wearing all hats regardless of assignment.
“In a smooth organization that runs well and succeeds
“EACH PERSON WEARS HIS OWN ASSIGNED HAT.
“SO LONG AS EACH KNOWS AND WEARS AND WORKS AT HIS OWN HAT ONLY, THINGS WILL BE SMOOTH.”
HCO PL 1 July 1965, Issue III
Hats, The Reason For
(OEC Vol 0, p. 196)
“If you want a higher level of dissemination and a higher unit or salary, the way to obtain them is simple.
1. Do your own job.
2. Insist that the other staff member do his but don’t do it for him or her.
Even if an executive asks you to do somebody else’s job don’t. Say, instead, “Am I transferred?” If the answer is no, tell him to get lost. I’ll back you up.”
HCO PL 11 April 1961
How To Do a Staff Job
(OEC Vol 0, p. 232)
“The most used org board is the “hey you! org board.” In other words just tag anyone to do anything.
“This guarantees bad production and a lousy product.
“A whole org can be org boarded and hatted and trained and yet shatter when an untrained senior turns it into a “hey you! org board.” This is easily the commonest cause of org collapse.”
HCO PL 8 October 1970
Org Series 8, Organizing and Product
(Management Series Vol 1, p. 218)
David Miscavige — SELF-APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, RTC
Following the release of the Golden Age of Knowledge in March, 2005, every staff and Sea Org member was given a stiff quota for the selling of Congresses to the public.
This pressure to sell increased exponentially after the release of the Basics at the Maiden Voyage Anniversary Event in June, 2007.
Public Scientologists found themselves inundated with phone calls and unexpected visits to their homes by staff members the public had often never seen outside of the org, including in some instances the public’s own auditor, MAA, and CS.
Even more startling for some were calls from Sea Org members the public had once known but hadn’t heard from in years. These staff were not from the public’s own service org, but rather from senior management bodies as unrelated to Div 2 bookselling as ABLE, SMI, OSA, and CMO.
The net effect of this new tactic has been the transforming of every Scientology staff member, from the top of the org board on down, into a reg. This sales hat is expected to be worn during normal production hours, in addition to (and at times seemingly senior to) the staff member’s other, LRH-assigned post duties.