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title: Dakota Indian tribal wisdom on project management
date: "2003-07-14T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 895
description: Apply Dakota tribal wisdom to identify 'dead horse' projects. Instead of buying a stronger whip, reclassifying the horse, or hiring consultants to ride it, learn to recognize when a project has failed and simply dismount.
keywords: [project management, dead horse metaphor, dakota tribal wisdom, corporate strategy, organizational culture]
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Maybe corporate elephants can dance. Can [dead horses](http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/07/10/dakota_indian_tribal_wisdom_on_project_management.html)?