I am not sure what the original source of this was but I adapted it to my workplace: Queensland Health (Australia)
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed down from generation to generation,
says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best
strategy is to dismount.
Queensland Health, however, has a whole range of more advanced strategies
such as:
1. Change riders.
2. Buy a stronger whip.
3. Do nothing:”This is the way we have always ridden dead horses”.
4. Visit other countries to see how they ride dead horses.
5. Perform a productivity study to see if the lighter riders improve the dead
horse’s performance.
6. Hire a contractor to ride the dead horse.
7. Harness several dead horses together in an attempt to increase the speed.
8. Provide additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse’s
performance.
9. Appoint a committee to study the horse and assess how dead it actually
is.
10. Re-classify the dead horse as ”living-impaired”.
11. Develop a Strategic Plan for the management of dead horses.
12. Rewrite the expected performance requirements for all horses.
13. Modify existing standards to included dead horses.
14. Declare that, as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly,
carries lower overheads and therefore contribute substantially more to the
bottom line than many other horses.
15. Promote the dead horse to supervisory position.
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed down from generation to generation,
says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best
strategy is to dismount.
Queensland Health, however, has a whole range of more advanced strategies
such as:
1. Change riders.
2. Buy a stronger whip.
3. Do nothing:”This is the way we have always ridden dead horses”.
4. Visit other countries to see how they ride dead horses.
5. Perform a productivity study to see if the lighter riders improve the dead
horse’s performance.
6. Hire a contractor to ride the dead horse.
7. Harness several dead horses together in an attempt to increase the speed.
8. Provide additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse’s
performance.
9. Appoint a committee to study the horse and assess how dead it actually
is.
10. Re-classify the dead horse as ”living-impaired”.
11. Develop a Strategic Plan for the management of dead horses.
12. Rewrite the expected performance requirements for all horses.
13. Modify existing standards to included dead horses.
14. Declare that, as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly,
carries lower overheads and therefore contribute substantially more to the
bottom line than many other horses.
15. Promote the dead horse to supervisory position.
