It’s survival of the fittest in the dog eat dog world of the jungle out there. We use animal and nature metaphors to describe our lives, and they seem especially appropriate in business today. We are all searching for ways to do everything faster, more efficiently, better, and beat the competition.
In the animal kingdom, they are constantly in search and in competition for food and thus the food chain. In business, the driving force is the performance chain – the people, things, goods, and ideas that move from demand until it is cash in the bank. Every company has a performance chain, and many aren’t as organized as the animal food chain.
At the button below, find simple metaphorical lessons from the animal kingdom to help explain the four metrics that are crucial in assessing the strength of any performance chain:
- Meet me down at the watering hole: Demand
- Run like a cheetah: Speed
- Be like a monkey: Flexibility
- Develop the memory of an elephant: Predictability
- Move that rubber tree plant: Leverage