Divine Divination

Bibliomancy is a form of divination where one seeks to know the future by randomly selecting a passage from a book. The procedure is to pick any book, lay this book on its spine and allow it to fall open to a random page. Then with your eyes closed you pick a passage with your finger. This random passage will give you divine guidance.

I thought I would try this out. The book I found was “Winning” by Jack Welch loaned to me by a co-worker. I chose the second paragraph on page 133:

What you’ve heard about resistance to change is also true. People hate it when their bosses announce a “transformation initiative.” They run back to their cubicles and frantically start e-mailing one another with reasons it’s going to ruin everything.

The passage I selected is very appropriate with regard to the departmental changes going on around here lately. I’m not sure if the words will give me guidance about the future but it was fun nonetheless.