Sunday, 24 April 2011

The Bus




Before you start to read, I'd like to ask you some questions:

Have you ever heard about a Bus with two drivers??
Have you ever seen a Bus that goes two different destinations at the same time??


The right answer is "No I don't"
You may find my questions weird but actually they are not...



Believe it or not...
Some buses are forced to reach to more than one destination at the same time. Some buses have two drivers.
There are some buses have no driver at all.

Can you imagine that???

Now let's talk about these buses. The bus here is the symbol of any organization or any projects or any team we work with.

First... How can you drive a bus for two places in the same time:
The bus can drive you anywhere you want, but one place per drive. You can't reach the two destinations at the same time with one bus. It may be possible with two or three buses, but you know that the number of buses is connected with Responibilities, Resources, Effort and Time... etc.


The Hedgehog and the Fox Is the article title which was written by Isaiah Berlin

He divided the world into hedgehogs and foxes. The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. The fox is a cunning creature, able to devise a myriad of complex strategies for sneak attacks upon the hedgehog. Day in and day out, the fox circles around the hedgehog's den, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. Fast, sleek, beautiful, fleet of foot, and crafty-the fox looks like the sure winner.
The hedgehog, on the other hand, is that creature looking like a genetic mix-up between a porcupine and a small armadillo. He waddles along, going about his simple day, searching  for lunch and taking care of his home.The fox waits in cunning silence at the juncture in the trail. The hedgehog, minding his own business, wanders right into the path of the fox. "Aha, I've got you now!" thinks the fox. 
He leaps out, bounding across the ground, lightning fast. The little hedgehog, sensing danger, looks up and thinks, "Here we go again. Will he ever learn?" Rolling up into a perfect little ball,  the hedgehog becomes a sphere of sharp spikes, pointing outward in all directions. The fox, bounding toward his prey, sees the hedgehog defense and calls off  the attack. Retreating back to the forest, the fox begins to calculate a new line of attack.
Each day, some version of this battle between the hedgehog and the fox takes place, and despite the greater cunning of the fox, the hedgehog always wins. 



As you can see, the Fox was more predicted to win the fight, due to his intelligence, but he didn't. Because he was attacking a Hedgehog, despite having only one defensing tool, but it works perfectly!!!
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Second... How can a bus possess two drivers or even none:


Passengers can see another one of them who can drive the bus, and lead their way out to their destination, beside the old driver.


How Come? How can you have two drivers at the same time?? How can you have two leader for the same team?? Which direction will people accept and walk through??


N.B: Leader here means the character which take the whole team to achieve one target/vision/dream, not just being visionary, or risk-takers.
This video can illustrate more my point of view


In some other buses, passengers may agree about having no driver at all, they think they can deal with it by shifting with each other. Alright, let's think objectively and write the Pros & Cons


The Pros:
  • Fair enough
  • No one will be that Dictator or Tyrant
  • Resultant Decisions will be taken
  • Investment

The Cons.
  • Some passengers can't drive
  • Investment comes with trial and error, do you want to expose yourself to risks of high errors all the time
  • Inconsistent, as you're shifting from one point of view to another in a few time.
  • Experience takes time, lots of time.
The Great Bus is well known with its consistency, never had an accident before, never broke down before.


Compare the driving ability between the main bus driver and the Passengers. Who has the bigger probability to screw up? Who has the experience?

So if you want to drive a bus faster than any other bus before:
  1. Define the Only Driver
  2. Define the Only Destination
If you want to go to another destination besides the first,
If you want to have another driver besides the first,

GO but with another Bus please

Thank You for Reading :)