Beating a dead horse. 1

[GlenJohnson]

Just finished my backup, and found this. I forgot about it. Funny thing is it was discovered at TT to begin with. Enjoy.

BEATING A DEAD HORSE

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in business we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following:

1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Say things like: 'This is the way we have always ridden this horse.'
4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
5. Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
6. Increasing the standards to ride dead horses.
7. Appointing a tiger team to revive the dead horse.
8. Creating a Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. session to increase our riding ability.
9. Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment.
10. Change the requirements, declaring that: 'This horse is not dead.'
11. Hire contractors to ride the dead horse.
12. Harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed.
13. Declaring that 'No horse is too dead to beat.'
14. Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
15. Do a Cost Analysis study to see whether contractors can ride it cheaper.
16. Purchase a product to make dead horses run faster.
17. Declare the horse is 'better, faster and cheaper' dead.
18. Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
19. Revisit the performance requirements for horses.
20. Say this horse was procured with cost as an independent variable.
21. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.
22. Outsource the horse to India

Glen A. Johnson
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[aftertaf]

i like the 'outsourcing' to india......

might bring it back to life, if we believe current business practise

Aftertaf

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[KenCunningham]

Reminds me of the man who visits the Doctor and tells him he's obsessed with flaggellation, necrophilia and bestiality. The Doctor thinks for a minute or two and then asks the patient "Don't you think you're flogging a dead horse there?".

I'll get me coat.

 

[snuv]

I passed Glen's post on to some friends and the following conversation ensued

Don't know about where you are, but around here flogging a dead horse is pre-requisite for a management post.

I assume practical tests are involved...

Oh yes indeed. They range from 'Appropriate Whip Selection' through 'Getting the Horse to it's Feet - Front or Back Legs First!', 'Re- shoeing - Is it a Practical Option?' and 'The Kiss of Life - A Practical Solution?' to 'Re-allocation of Life Status Without Personal Ramifications!'.


"If it could have gone wrong earlier and it didn't, it ultimately would have been beneficial for it to have." : Murphy's Ultimate Corollary