Short video (vlog) by Kenny Chapman, the 'blue collar coach', filmed in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Chapman introduces the local folklore creature called the hodag and uses it as a business metaphor, urging viewers to identify and challenge persistent myths in their organizations to simplify operations and increase profitability.
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Hey, everybody. Kenny Chapman, the blue collar coach, coming to you from Rhinelander, Wisconsin. And I'm next to what they call a hodag. Now, this is an old folklore myth about this guy back in 1893, decided to come up with this thing, and they had found this monster and captured it. And all this kind of thing went on for years and years and years, actually to a point to where some people believed. And then he actually had to come out and say, no, it was all a hoax, many years later. But through this, hodag was born. Now, it's like the high school mascot here in Rhinelander. They had to go to court over a town in Germany tried to adopt the hodag as their kind of town deal. You know, one of the things that I think about when I see things like this or think about our businesses. What's the hodag in your business? What is one of the myths that you still believe that really isn't true at all? And so, you know, we've carried on now. It's kind of a fun little tradition here in Rhinelander. But there's some things that are absolute myths, things that don't even. They're not even true anymore similar to this, but we still believe them in business. We're still, you know, operating, subscribing to some rules that don't actually work anymore, that don't actually apply anymore. It might not be 120 years old. It might only be 3 years old, but we've got to question things when it comes to myths. So certainly, I hope you have a good myth in your business if it looks like this and you have some fun with it. But I want you to challenge yourself to get more profitable, to simplify, to make things easier, to be the best at the things that really make the biggest impact. What's your hodag in your business? I encourage you to challenge that. I'm Kenny Chapman, the blue collar coach. Until we talk again, have a better and fantastic week, and I'll see you next time.