Sacred Cow Disease aka Bad Bovine Blight

Posted by Jim McHugh under Strategy
From http://9stucks.com 4316 days ago
Made Hot by: Sun Tzu Business Guide on July 2, 2012 5:40 am

I know you’ve run across Sacred Cows (“SCs”)…we all have in our business careers or personal life. Dictionary.com defines a Sacred Cow to be: “an individual,organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning” There are good Sacred Cows, like Fenway Park, or long established brands or business practices that should not be changed. There are Sacred Cows that are not good...these bad bovines are the people, rules, business processes, habits and/or policies that hurt company performance.

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Written by HeatherStone
4312 days ago

Wow, Jim. A memorable title to be sure, but you're right. It's very important to question supposed Sacred Cows in any business. Some of these might have at one time been put in place for a good reason. Others have never been a good idea. But when improving your business performance, it's important to take all of these into consideration.

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