mist in the pulpit, fog in the pew

the idea that even minor confusion or shoddy reasoning at the top of an organization is amplified as it propagates downwards within a hierarchy, such that muddled thinking or messaging from senior leaders leads to chaos or paralysis among the rank and file; from the idea of a preacher speaking from the pulpit to the assembled parishioners seated in pews, who will not properly absorb and apply the message if the speaker is himself unclear about his thesis

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