Dead Horse Theory
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to
generation, says that
generation, says that
“When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best
strategy is to dismount.”
strategy is to dismount.”
However, in government, education, and in corporate America, more
advanced strategies are often employed, such as
advanced strategies are often employed, such as
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Appointing a committee to study the horse. Better yet, bring in
an army of consultants to over study the horse.
an army of consultants to over study the horse.
4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride
dead horses.
dead horses.
5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead
horse’s performance.
horse’s performance.
10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would
improve the dead horse’s performance.
improve the dead horse’s performance.
11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is
less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.
less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.
12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
And of course
13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
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