Ancient Tribal Wisdom
When you discover you are riding a dead horse,
the best strategy is to dismount.
Before you say "Duh-h-h!"
note that in modern business,
heavy investment factors
often require that other strategies be tried,
i.e.:
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Buy a heavier whip
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Change riders
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Threaten the horse with termination
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Appoint a committee
to study the horse
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Arrange to visit other sites
to see how they ride dead horses
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Appoint a project team
to re-animate the dead horse
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Create training
to increase the rider's load share
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Change the form to read:
"This horse is not dead."
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Hire outside contractors
to ride the dead horse
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Harness several dead horses together
for increased speed
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Increase funding
to help the horses performance
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Do a time management study
to see if lighter riders
would improve productivity
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Purchase an after-market product
to make dead horses run faster
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Declare that a dead horse has lower overhead
and therefore performs better
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Form a quality focus group
to find profitable uses for dead horses
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Rewrite the performance requirements for horses
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Hire a consulting firm
to perform a strategic study
of best practices
in continuous improvement
in utilizing dead horses
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Promote the dead horse to supervisory position
[Source: lionheartdesigns.com]
[Thanks to the Wells Fargo CBG newsletter.]