Herding Lions

I used to find myself using the term “herding cats” a lot when confronting inertia, disorganization or ambiguity in work situations. Urban Dictionary actually endorses this: The phrase herding cats comes from the common saying that something involving coordination of many different groups or people is as difficult as herding cats. One of the commonly encountered uses of the term in technical fields is the phrase “Managing programmers is like herding cats” or “Managing engineers is like herding...

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