Tribal wisdom

[Vallonelee@aol.com]

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> You may find some appropriate applications for this insight:
> Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a DEAD
> HORSE, the best strategy is to dismount.
> However, in organizations like governments, universities, hospitals, large
> companies, school districts, etc., we often try other strategies. These
> include the following:
> Buying a stronger whip.
> Changing riders.
> Saying things like "this is the way we always have ridden this horse."
> Appointing a committee to study the horse.
> Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
> Increasing the standards for riding dead horses.
> Appointing a tiger team to revive the dead horse.
> Creating a training session to increase our riding ability.
> Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment.
> Pass a resolution declaring the "this horse is not dead."
> Blaming the horse's parents.
> Harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed.
> Declaring that, "No horse is too dead to beat."
> Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
> Do a study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper.
> Declare the horse is "better, faster, and cheaper" dead.
> Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
> Revisit the performance requirements for horses.
> Say this horse was procured with cost as an independent variable.
> Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.
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