The oasis has genuine value. You don't die of thirst. This is something I've come to appreciate as part of The Forest & The Desert--all the creative ways people have found to survive in The Desert. Wow! Good for them. And yet, I can still tell stories about The Forest.
The oasis has genuine value. You don't die of thirst. This is something I've come to appreciate as part of The Forest & The Desert--all the creative ways people have found to survive in The Desert. Wow! Good for them. And yet, I can still tell stories about The Forest.
That's a great point. The Oasis has real value, the Mirage doesn't. The first is essential for survival, and the later's just an illusion.
Maybe a better metaphor for a Mirage in that sense could be teams that hold daily meetings as a status report process that doesn't generate benefits for anyone.
Ps: I'm just a fan of metaphors as a way to explain concepts, but maybe I'm pushing this one too far.
The oasis has genuine value. You don't die of thirst. This is something I've come to appreciate as part of The Forest & The Desert--all the creative ways people have found to survive in The Desert. Wow! Good for them. And yet, I can still tell stories about The Forest.
That's a great point. The Oasis has real value, the Mirage doesn't. The first is essential for survival, and the later's just an illusion.
Maybe a better metaphor for a Mirage in that sense could be teams that hold daily meetings as a status report process that doesn't generate benefits for anyone.
Ps: I'm just a fan of metaphors as a way to explain concepts, but maybe I'm pushing this one too far.
From a distance the oasis & the mirage look the same.