"If the Earth could be made to rotate twice as fast, managers would get twice as much done. If the Earth could be made to rotate twenty times as fast, everyone else would get twice as much done since all the managers would fly off"

This quote by Norman Ralph Augustine is a funny way of highlighting the importance of supervisors in the workplace. By suggesting that if the Earth were to rotate much faster, supervisors would have the ability to get more done, Augustine is indicating that supervisors are the ones who are driving performance and progress. He then goes on to suggest that if the Earth were to rotate even much faster, everyone else would get two times as much done given that the supervisors would fly off. This is a tongue-in-cheek method of saying that without supervisors, the work environment would be disorderly and ineffective. Augustine is highlighting the importance of supervisors in the work environment and how they are important for development and productivity.