"[Individuals] ... master programs in their heads that tell them how to deal
 with embarrassment and threat..."[1]:

"1.) Bypass embarrassment and threat whenever possible.

 2.) Act as though you are not bypassing them.

 3.) Don't discuss steps 1 and 2 while they are happening.

 4.) Don't discuss the undiscussability of the undiscussable."[2]

	-[1] Chris Argyis, "Overcoming Organizational Defensive Routines"
         (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1990)
         [2] ibid, "Strategy Implementation and Experience in Learning,"
         _Organizational Dynamics_, 18, (Autumn 1989) pp. 8,9.
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