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Unaware of Danger

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In spite of near constant vigilance, chickens are sometimes unaware of obvious dangers. These three hens are very concerned about the imaginary dangers from behind, to the left, and to the right. However, they miss the obvious and near term threat right ahead. In 50-some-odd performance improvement projects, I have noticed a strong and consistent trend. For every 10 improvements proposed, 8 will be endorsed by the sponsor as valid, and roughly 3 will be implemented. The reason: proposed improvements almost always focus on the cat ahead, but sponsors see both the cat ahead and the potential cats coming from other directions.