Tigers hunt alone. They stalk their prey through dense jungle, relying first on stealth and then on a burst of incredible power. Wolves hunt in packs. They chase their prey down through open terrain, encircle, harass and exhaust their prey, before killing and feeding as a pack. The social organization of animals, their cultures, are determined by their survival strategy. Animals evolve to do what it takes to get food without becoming food.
Tigers don’t stomp. Wolves don’t graze…even if they are made to sit through a thousand PowerPoint presentations.
Organizations are like animals. They evolve to do what is necessary for their survival, and very little else.
All that is obvious, right? Apparently not. The alchemy of “leadership”, armed with the sword of PowerPoint, can transform organizations into the object of the heart’s desire…never mind how the organization actually makes money.
My top management tip: beware the man in the Armani suit who teaches the elephant to be stealthy.
Or teaches the snake to fly. Hey…a snake who learns to fly is a dragon. That’s the metaphor which will super-charge my next change management program.
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