Flybywyre
12th Jun 2002, 09:54
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from one
generation to the next, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse (PPP), the best strategy is to dismount. But in modern business, because heavy investment factors are taken into consideration, other strategies are often tried with dead horses, including the following:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Threatening the horse riders with termination.
4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
6. Lowering the standards so that other riders can be included.
7. Reclassifying the dead horse as "living-impaired".
8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
10. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the
performance of the dead horse.
11. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would
improve the performance of the dead horse.
12. Claiming the dead horse carries lower overheads & therefore
contributes more efficiently to the 'bottom
line' than some other horses.
13. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
14. Promoting the rider to a supervisory position.
15. Hiring a consultant to tell you the horse is dead.
16. Declaring the dead horse to be a national treasure.
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generation to the next, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse (PPP), the best strategy is to dismount. But in modern business, because heavy investment factors are taken into consideration, other strategies are often tried with dead horses, including the following:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Threatening the horse riders with termination.
4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
6. Lowering the standards so that other riders can be included.
7. Reclassifying the dead horse as "living-impaired".
8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
10. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the
performance of the dead horse.
11. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would
improve the performance of the dead horse.
12. Claiming the dead horse carries lower overheads & therefore
contributes more efficiently to the 'bottom
line' than some other horses.
13. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
14. Promoting the rider to a supervisory position.
15. Hiring a consultant to tell you the horse is dead.
16. Declaring the dead horse to be a national treasure.
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