of a quote I had posted to my wall when I was a working man.
The code of tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. But NGOs often try strategies with dead horses including the following:
o Buying a stronger whip
o Changing riders
o Charging a lower price for the ride
o Saying things like, “This is the way we’ve always ridden this horse.”
o Appointing a committee to study the horse
o Declaring the horse is faster, better, cheaper dead
o Harnessing several dead horses together for better speed.
Missionaries, Mercenaries and Misfits 