What to do with a DEAD HORSE?
Beating A Dead Horse
I found this in the late 90s and shared it as a discussion sparker about what do people do with OLD PARADIGMS.
Original Editor's note: Who says there is nothing good in email? I got this from my friend Marty Kimmel who forwarded it from who knows where. While funny, there is a lesson here too. I'm all for sticking with an idea until you make it work.
There is a point though, when it is prudent to stop using OLD PARADIGMS, USUAL WAYS, CONVENTIONAL WISDOM?
Where is the point you ask?
This is the art portion of business, not the science.
This has to be decided in your gut. Enjoy!
Dakota Sioux tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead
horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in managing any business we
often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Saying things like "This is the way we always have ridden this horse."
4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
6. Increasing the standards to ride dead horses.
7. Appointing a team to revive the dead horse.
8. Creating a training session to increase our riding ability.
9. Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment.
10. Change the requirements declaring that "This horse is not dead."
11. Hire contractors to ride the dead horse.
12. Harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed.
13. Declaring that "No horse is too dead to beat."
14. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
15. Do a CA Study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper.
16. Purchase a product to make dead horses run faster.
17. Declare the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead.
18. Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
19. Revisit the performance requirements for horses.
20. Say this horse was procured with cost as an independent variable.
Beating A Dead Horse
I found this in the late 90s and shared it as a discussion sparker about what do people do with OLD PARADIGMS.
Original Editor's note: Who says there is nothing good in email? I got this from my friend Marty Kimmel who forwarded it from who knows where. While funny, there is a lesson here too. I'm all for sticking with an idea until you make it work.
There is a point though, when it is prudent to stop using OLD PARADIGMS, USUAL WAYS, CONVENTIONAL WISDOM?
Where is the point you ask?
This is the art portion of business, not the science.
This has to be decided in your gut. Enjoy!
Dakota Sioux tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead
horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in managing any business we
often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Saying things like "This is the way we always have ridden this horse."
4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
6. Increasing the standards to ride dead horses.
7. Appointing a team to revive the dead horse.
8. Creating a training session to increase our riding ability.
9. Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment.
10. Change the requirements declaring that "This horse is not dead."
11. Hire contractors to ride the dead horse.
12. Harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed.
13. Declaring that "No horse is too dead to beat."
14. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
15. Do a CA Study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper.
16. Purchase a product to make dead horses run faster.
17. Declare the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead.
18. Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
19. Revisit the performance requirements for horses.
20. Say this horse was procured with cost as an independent variable.
21. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.
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