Great strategic lessons are derived from dentistry

2. Plaque on teeth Strategic mapping
Are they related?

3. To me strategy is knowing where you
stand (your position) before you
decide where to go (Your Vision)

4. As you move in the selected
direction you learn. Each step is a
learning experience

5. You need first to know the limiting
factors that kept you in your current
position and precluded you from
moving forward

6. What does this all have to do with
dentistry?

7. Answering this question is revealing
of strategic thinking and mapping

8. Both could be lustrous from
outside, but decaying from
inside
Tooth Organization
Inspection Inspection

9. What causes teeth decay?
What causes organizational
decay?
Tooth Organization
Inspection Inspection

10. What causes teeth decay?
What causes organizational
decay?
Tooth Organization
Inspection Inspection

11. The healthy teeth, the frequency
of sugar intake is more important
than the quantity of sugar
consumption

12. For the healthy teeth, the
frequency of sugar intake is more
important than the quantity of
sugar consumption
Sugar accelerates the
decaying of teeth

13. Likewise; beware of employees
who come frequently to you with
“sweet talks”.
These employees will
decay the
organization

14. Get rid of
decaying
employees if
you wish your
organization to
move up to its
grand goal

15. Like we clean
and floss the
teeth frequently
to stop dental
plaque do the
same for your
organization

16. The dentist shall determine if you need a filling for your
cavities
It is your job to determine if your organization needs
filling

17. What is a Temporary Filling?
During a restorative filling, that is more extensive, a dentist may opt to
observe the tooth first, before placing a permanent restorative
material. He will place a medicament that will initiate “repair” and
“regeneration” on the infected tissues. This layer of medicaments will
be sealed with a temporary filling and the tooth will be placed under
observation.
Then do the Repair and
the Regeneration
Observe the organization
first

18. Filling cavities of organizations is
similar to filling teeth cavities

19. Learning organizations will be
successful because
They observe first

20. Learning organizations will be
successful because
They observe first
They try temporary solutions
first (Trial and Error)

21. Learning organizations will be
successful because
They observe first
They try temporary solutions
first (Trial and Error)
A temporary solution is never
the lasting solution as these
have to be stronger than
temporary ones