An old Dakota Indian saying is
“If you notice that you are riding a dead horse, get off.”
But, in business life we are following other strategies when we are in such a situation:
- We are buying a stronger whip.
- We are exchanging the horseman.
- We say “We always have done horse riding this way.”
- We are setting up a team to analyse the horse.
- We are visiting other places to check how they are riding dead horses.
- We are rising the quality standards for riding dead horses.
- We are setting up a task force to revive the dead horse.
- We are doing a training session to increase our ability to ride.
- We are comparing different dead horses.
- We are changing the criteria which determine when a horse is dead.
- We are hiring external specialists to ride the dead horse.
- We are binding several dead horses together to ensure they get faster.
- We are releasing additional budget to increase the performance of the dead horse.
- We are communicating that our horse is “better, faster and cheaper” dead.
- We are setting up a quality circle to find other ways of usage for dead horses.
- We are setting up an independent cost center for dead horses.
Well, this is business life and sometimes it would be better we were Dakota Indians.
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