One of my favourite sayings is that a thicker whip won't make a dead horse go any faster, so this extrapolation really appeals (thanks Craig):
- Arrange to visit other organizations to see how they ride dead horses - Create a training program to help ride dead horses - Alter the staff handbook to outlaw the use of the phrase dead horse as oppressive and judgmental - Form a quality circle or create a business process re-engineering initiative to find uses for dead horses - Promote the dead horse to a management position or create a special project role for it There's a lot of dead horses out in the market. You may be flogging one of your very own as we speak. Changes in my own business have reminded me that art is as much about what we leave out as what we add. The best guitarists are not the fastest or the fullest (though they have their fans). The best are those who leave plenty of space. Letting go of things that don't work is the first step to creating things that do. You can't often graft new strategies on to old - the old has a way of sneaking through and strangling the new.
