Twice, recently, I've dialled in to a Teams call and learnt that a client (in Australia) found a snake in their house over the weekend:
"It was a harmless little SNAKE ... and it was in my kitchen."
Any way, as promised, here's my first metaphor for growth ...
It's: SNAKES.
Did you know that:
- Snakes grow until they reach the limits of their skin.
- And then, when the skin gets stretched to its limits, they shed it.
- It’s the only way they can continue to grow.
- This process repeats over their life time.
I LOVE bits about this metaphor, because it fits nicely with the core idea of the Theory of Constraints:
- The skin represents a bottleneck, constraint or limitation.
- It’s easy to visualise.
- It shows that growth happens over a lifetime, but only if you shed your skin.
BUT ...
No one wants to be compared to a snake.
I don't ever tell my clients, "You're like a snake ..."
It is, however, useful for all of us to stop, ever so often, and consider whether:
- you're still growing into your skin, or,
- if it's come time to shed your skin?
More to come, Clarke
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