Ben Wilson

June 11, 2021

Riding a Dead Horse

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:

"You have to dismount a dead horse if you want to go further." - Dakota Tribal Wisdom

American corporate response:
Or, you can:
  1. Change Riders
  2. Form a committee to study the dead horse
  3. Hire consultants to facilitate best practices in dead horse riding
  4. Benchmark how other companies ride dead horses
  5. Declare it is cheaper to feed a dead horse
  6. Harness several dead horeses together

Ok, I added the part about hiring consultants.

-- 
Ben 
In tenebris solus sto

About Ben Wilson

Ben Wilson, the brains behind the Postal Marines sci-fi saga, is a history buff with a soft spot for human nature and religion. After serving in the US Army, he's now stuck in the exciting world of IT project management, where he feeds off his customers' frustrations. Ben shares his Northern Virginia home with his wife, three kids, and two vicious attack cats. Don't worry, he didn't sell his oldest to the Core (although he may have considered it). His eldest has flown the nest and started a family of his own.