Thursday, September 15, 2011

when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount

Leonard Fuld at BPMA Sept. Meeting on Envisioning your Competitor's Strategy Map

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. Saying things like "This is the way we always have ridden this horse."
4. Harness several dead horses together in an attempt to increase the speed
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