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Why the wisdom of the Dakota Indians does not lose its charm
Professional life brings with it many hardships, so humor like that of the wisdom of the Dakota Indians is simply a highlight:
"If you discover that you are riding a dead horse, get off!"
That's a really obvious insight, isn't it? Unfortunately, professional practice shows other, well-known variations:
1. We'll get a stronger whip.
2. We say: "This is how we have always ridden the horse."
3. We are setting up a working group to analyze the horse.
4. We visit other places to see how to ride dead horses there.
5. We raise the quality standards for riding dead horses.
6. We form a task force to revive the horse.
7. We buy people from outside who are supposed to be able to ride dead horses.
8. We push in a training session to be able to ride better.
9. We make comparisons of different dead horses.
10. We change the criteria that say that a horse is dead.
11. We chew several dead horses together so that we can get faster.
12. We explain: "No horse can be so dead that we can no longer ride it."
13. We are doing a study to see if there are better or cheaper horses.
14. We explain that our horse is better, faster and cheaper dead than other horses.
15. We form a quality circle to find a use of dead horses.
16. We are setting up an independent cost center for dead horses.
17. We are expanding the area of responsibility for dead horses.
18. We are developing a motivation program for dead horses.
19. We create a presentation in which we show what the horse could do if it were still alive.
20. We structure so that another area gets the dead horse.
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