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From: Remko Jansonius <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Holidays
>Eeeeeek! Is it that time of the year again??
Subject: Dead Horse
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 12:51 PM
> Dakota Sioux tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a
dead
horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in the Commission, we
often
first try other strategies, including some or all of the following:
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> 1. Buy a stronger whip.
> 2. Change riders.
> 3. Say things like "This is the way we always have ridden this horse."
> 4. Set up a committee to study the horse.
> 5. Identify others' best practice, to see how they ride dead horses.
> 6. Increase the standards to ride dead horses.
> 7. Appoint a task force to revive the dead horse.
> 8. Spend more on training to improve our riding skills.
> 9. Compare the state of dead horses in today's environment.
> 10. Change the requirements declaring that "This horse is not dead."
> 11. Harness several dead horses together for increased speed.
> 12. Declare that "No horse is too dead to beat."
> 13. Provide additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
> 14. Do a study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper.
> 15. Purchase a product to make dead horses run faster.
> 16. Declare the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead.
> 17. Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
> 18. Review the performance requirements for horses.
> 19. Say this horse was procured with cost as an independent variable.
> 20. Promote the dead horse.n
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