Untenable

CHAPTER 2

Counting the Costs

• Dragging that horse around
• Is the juice worth being squeezed?
• Collateral damage
• An inside hit job

There are a variety of costs related to untenable situations. Some are overt and some covert. Addressing untenable situations requires a conviction of the need to change and a frank reckoning of the costs of the status quo. Costs include the obvious like opportunities to the not-so-obvious like self-esteem.

Dragging That Horse Around

Business people are familiar with the concept of carrying costs. They arise from costs related to holding onto inventory or storing goods. A store might want to sell a thousand tires in a month, but there is a cost associated with storing them in the meantime. The tires must be stored, ...