Isn’t that putting the cart before the horse?
Isn’t that putting the cart before the horse?
I was at a conference (WOBI) in Milan this week and I diligently jotted down (i.e.took notes) some expressions the speakers used. They will serve as inspiration for a few of my posts this month.
Tom Peters used this expression: ‘Isn’t that putting the cart before the horse?’
What does it mean?
- Setting up steps out of order and working in a confused manner
- Counter-productive, inefficient and disorganized. It simply doesn’t work.
- It is like vacuuming before dusting or Setting a price for something before producing it to see how much it really costs
How else can we say this?
- He is doing it backwards.
- That is a topsy turvy approach to this task.
Lem…xo!
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Interesting… thanks for the blog? Anymore?
Lots more…will be posting more from WOBI soon.
More properly used for: rushing to conclusions without meditation or reflection; getting to final output without considering the process or steps needed; being or behaving unplanned, irrationale, impulsive . reckless?
Hey Sabrina…right on the money! Happy you are following LEM! Speak soon