I'm cruising through Kanban Change Leadership, which has some very interesting nuggets of wisdom in the part on Organizational Change. I will write a slightly longer summary soon.
They quoted Gary Hamel, which I summarize as:
They quoted Gary Hamel, which I summarize as:
"You have to dismount a dead horse if you want to go further." - Dakota Tribal Wisdom
American corporate response:
Or, you can:
- Change Riders
- Form a committee to study the dead horse
- Hire consultants to facilitate best practices in dead horse riding
- Benchmark how other companies ride dead horses
- Declare it is cheaper to feed a dead horse
- Harness several dead horeses together
Ok, I added the part about hiring consultants.
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Ben
In tenebris solus sto