Growing up in the deep south, a damselfly was called a Snake Doctor and the folklore was that if you saw a snake doctor, a snake was close by. Which was usually "true" due to the proliferation of snakes in the south. We never called dragonflies snake doctors but were either called a dragonfly or more commonly a "mosquito hawk". Both insects are harmless to humans and we would sneak up behind the ones that had landed on clothes lines and capture them by grabbing their tail. The dragonfly would bite to defend itself but the pain was less than an ant bite. Here is where it became "children will be children" because we would firmly, not tightly, tie a short piece of thread to the end of it's tail. Sometimes we would release the dragonfly and then chase and recapture the insect with this thread and other times we would hold onto the thread and let the insect lead us around the yard. We got a lot of exercise that way, and yes, we usually untied the thread before we released them.
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Get the Snake's nest mug.The "process snake" is a term which describes the insidious impact functionalisation has in large organisations. Functionalisation is often introduced to improve internal efficiency and is based on the idea of grouping certain skills and expertise in certain areas.
The downside is that organisations find they are unable to resolve queries quickly as they have multiple teams that are co-dependent on each other, yet each team has different priorities and does not have sight of the big picture.
The process snake is not normally deliberately created. It starts small, in one team or area, before eventually wrapping itself across every department in a company. It essentially deceives the organisation in to believing they will benefit, but ultimately ends up creating a complex set of inter-dependant steps that no single person in the organisation has the authority to change.
The downside is that organisations find they are unable to resolve queries quickly as they have multiple teams that are co-dependent on each other, yet each team has different priorities and does not have sight of the big picture.
The process snake is not normally deliberately created. It starts small, in one team or area, before eventually wrapping itself across every department in a company. It essentially deceives the organisation in to believing they will benefit, but ultimately ends up creating a complex set of inter-dependant steps that no single person in the organisation has the authority to change.
"I cannot find an owner of this process snake"
"This process snake is so slippery, I don't see how we will every bring more collaboration to the team"
"I wouldn't touch that process snake. It's so large now you'll just get bitten trying to make an improvement"
"This process snake is so slippery, I don't see how we will every bring more collaboration to the team"
"I wouldn't touch that process snake. It's so large now you'll just get bitten trying to make an improvement"
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other guy: what do you mean
him: everyone she has dated broke up with her or cheated, her parents even got divorced because of her
other guy: damn. that’s harsh.
other guy: what do you mean
him: everyone she has dated broke up with her or cheated, her parents even got divorced because of her
other guy: damn. that’s harsh.
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