Punishment may work-or at least not be too damaging-in a bureaucratic organization where everyone goes by the book, but it discourages workers from learning any more than they absolutely have to, and it kills communication.
Heavy, cumbersome and slow to pass around, it was killing communication during their lectures, so they set out to do something about it.
Threats and intimidation scare and upset others, and they kill fruitful communication.
By giving units specific goals, troops could continue the attack even if their officers were killed or communication broke down, thus bypassing two major problems of combat on the Western Front.
Nothing kills a communication portal quicker than low levels of active participation.
In the decade between the end of the Star Trek television series and the film, many of the futuristic technologies that appeared on the show electronic doors that open automatically, hypodermic injections, talking computers, weapons that stun rather than kill, and personal communication devices—had become a reality.
The official added, "You don't want to elevate it to the point where the sniper thinks he is communicating with the president, and the more people he kills the more communication he'll have with the top people in government, including the president".
Sad fact: bad communication kills great ideas.
With their leaders under arrest and charged with "incitement to kill" and being in communication with foreign powers, Mr Maskati said opposition had no definite plan for future action.
After months in which New Yorkers were terrorized by the unidentified killer, Mr. Berkowitz left his first communication after killing a couple on a service road off the Hutchinson Parkway.
