...the spirit of the assessment. 26 An 'olde' English version of the butterfly effect runs: For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost For loss of the...

...steps to agreement Step? Tie up the loose ends Chapter Eight 7 STEP / TIE UP THE LOOSE ENDS For want of a nail the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe the horse was lost; For want of a rider the battle was lost; All for the want of care about a horseshoe nail. BENJAMIN...

...association or sequence of ideas running through popular traditional stories and poems such as: For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, For want of a rider the battle was lost, And all for...

...not cease its action until the whipping-post and bodily servitude are abolished forever. "For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost; For want of a horse the rider was lost, and all," says Poor Richard, " for want of a horseshoe...

...think, perhaps, that a Care, even in the smallest Matters, because sometimes A little Neglect may breed great Mischief; adding, For want of a Nail the Shoe...lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a Horseshoe Nail. So much for Industry,...

...Melville Who buys a horse buys care. — Spanish proverh A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost,- for want of a shoe the...lost,- and for want of a horse the rider was lost. — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac [also found in Jacula Prudentum hy George Herhert] Few...

...improvement. BEYOND LEAN AND Six SIGMA: FROM PROJECT Focus TO FUTURE Focus c H A P T E R 9 For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, For want of a horse, the rider was lost, For want of a rider, the battle was lost, For want of...

...but it has figured in some very sophisticated analyses of causation.19 It goes like this: For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, For want of a rider the battle was lost, For want of...

...seemingly insignificant events may affect millions. . .Do you remember this little rhyme? "For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of...

...consequences in a very entertaining manner referring to Mother Goose [2003, p. 68 ff.]: For want of a nail the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe the horse was lost; For want of a horse the rider was lost; For want of a rider the battle was lost; For want of...