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How many people in your Enterprise are saving drowning children?
How many people in your Enterprise are preventing children falling in the river?
Should your Enterprise devote more resources towards preventing children falling in the river?
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Fix the Fundamentals:
Don’t spend all your time saving drowning children. Spend some of your time preventing them from falling into the river as well.
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This story is adapted from a well-known parable used in the
healthcare industry, brought to the authors attention by {{Barbara Hill}}.
Its original source is unknown although it is referenced in “The Upstream
Doctors” by Rishi Manchanda who said he first heard it from Adewale Troutman -
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Fix the Fundamentals:
Don’t spend all your time saving drowning children. Spend some of your time preventing them from falling into the river as well.
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Management: Allow people to concentrate on fixing fundamentals problems.
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Questions to ponder... |
How many people in your Enterprise are saving drowning children? |
How many people in your Enterprise are preventing children falling in the river? |
Should your Enterprise devote more resources towards preventing children falling in the river? |
