Aug 14, 2005 04:37
19 yrs ago
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fareedeh ghassemi (X)
Shooting ahead of the duck
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Please tell me what does mean"Shooting ahead of the duck "?
Benchmark best practice, and compare current performance to the highest standards. One way to create readiness for change is to compare current levels of performance to the highest standards you can find. Identifying who else performs at spectacular levels helps set a standard toward which people can aspire. It identifies a target of
opportunity. This is referred to as benchmarking, and
it involves finding best practice, studying it in detail,
and then planning to exceed that performance.“Shooting ahead of the duck” is the principle.Identifying best practice doesn’t mean copying it. It means learning from it and exceeding it. Planned performance goes beyond the best practice, otherwise benchmarking is merely mimicking.
Several different kinds of best practice standards are
available for comparison.
Benchmark best practice, and compare current performance to the highest standards. One way to create readiness for change is to compare current levels of performance to the highest standards you can find. Identifying who else performs at spectacular levels helps set a standard toward which people can aspire. It identifies a target of
opportunity. This is referred to as benchmarking, and
it involves finding best practice, studying it in detail,
and then planning to exceed that performance.“Shooting ahead of the duck” is the principle.Identifying best practice doesn’t mean copying it. It means learning from it and exceeding it. Planned performance goes beyond the best practice, otherwise benchmarking is merely mimicking.
Several different kinds of best practice standards are
available for comparison.
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Kurt Porter
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anticipating where the market is going.
Keeping ahead of the game.
Comes from duck hunting. When shooting ducks, you have to anticipate their speed, flight path, etc to shoot them down...if you shoot behind them,you're going to miss them.
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In the below link you see that there is a requirement for 29,000 vehicles (to get reinforced armor). Trying to plan ahead (shooting ahead of the duck), the military is going to try to find money for an additional 9,000.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2004/n12152004_2004121509...
Sorenson said the Army is about to project 35,000 vehicles to be up-armored. Of that number, there is currently funding for 29,000 vehicles, with plans to \"shoot ahead of the duck,\" and obtain funding for 38,000 vehicles.
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Key point being that \"situations change.\" Stay \"ahead of the game.\"
http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:jNyVPu-dzXoJ:www.nku.edu...
Success Indicators For Benchmarking
An active commitment to benchmarking from administration.
A clear and comprehensive understanding of how one’s own work is conducted as a basis for comparison to higher education best practices.
A willingness to change and adapt based on benchmarking findings.
A willingness to share information with benchmark institutions.
A realization that situations (and competition) are constantly changing and there is a need to “shoot ahead of the duck.”
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A nice link that shows where the phrase originates:http://news.com.com/2010-1071-281378.html?legacy=cnet
Bird hunters know that it is important to \"shoot ahead of the duck\" to hit it. Aim at it, and you\'re late. Venture investments made based on today\'s latest trend will be late. Ending this lemming behavior will be good for the overall markets.
Comes from duck hunting. When shooting ducks, you have to anticipate their speed, flight path, etc to shoot them down...if you shoot behind them,you're going to miss them.
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-08-14 04:52:45 GMT)
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In the below link you see that there is a requirement for 29,000 vehicles (to get reinforced armor). Trying to plan ahead (shooting ahead of the duck), the military is going to try to find money for an additional 9,000.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2004/n12152004_2004121509...
Sorenson said the Army is about to project 35,000 vehicles to be up-armored. Of that number, there is currently funding for 29,000 vehicles, with plans to \"shoot ahead of the duck,\" and obtain funding for 38,000 vehicles.
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Note added at 19 mins (2005-08-14 04:57:00 GMT)
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Key point being that \"situations change.\" Stay \"ahead of the game.\"
http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:jNyVPu-dzXoJ:www.nku.edu...
Success Indicators For Benchmarking
An active commitment to benchmarking from administration.
A clear and comprehensive understanding of how one’s own work is conducted as a basis for comparison to higher education best practices.
A willingness to change and adapt based on benchmarking findings.
A willingness to share information with benchmark institutions.
A realization that situations (and competition) are constantly changing and there is a need to “shoot ahead of the duck.”
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Note added at 21 mins (2005-08-14 04:59:09 GMT)
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A nice link that shows where the phrase originates:http://news.com.com/2010-1071-281378.html?legacy=cnet
Bird hunters know that it is important to \"shoot ahead of the duck\" to hit it. Aim at it, and you\'re late. Venture investments made based on today\'s latest trend will be late. Ending this lemming behavior will be good for the overall markets.
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zax
: What then if the duck can't fly?
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Then "that dog won't hunt!." :) :) Thank you zax.
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sarahl (X)
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Tony M
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Michael Deliso
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zaphod
: Leading your target - right on!
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Carmen Schultz
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identifying the goal/objective and then laying the groundwork to reach it
As corollary to "putting all your ducks in a row...", which means preparing everything before starting something, it means to go beyond the preparation stage after having identified the objective and then laying the groundwork to reach it.
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performing better than the competition
... just from the context, this is how I read it: that the goal is to identify what the top companies' performance is, then exceed that performance. As I understand it, then, the duck would be the competition. I don't know much about hunting-- but perhaps this metaphor means that you aim higher than the duck is so that by the time the duck gets there, it gets shot down.
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Tony M
: Perhaps in this context it may look like that, but this is at odds with the underlying meaning of the expression, I believe
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