{"id":4177,"date":"2010-08-30T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2021-12-03T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T04:14:36","slug":"your-baby-is-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/your-baby-is-ugly\/4177\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Baby is Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--powerpress_player--><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_flv\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/media\/change-management\/ugly-babies.flv\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?powerpress_pinw=4177-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/media\/change-management\/ugly-babies.flv\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ugly-babies.flv\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/shmula.com-lean-leadership\/id930098243?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.opexlearning.com%2Fresources%2F%3Fp%3D4177\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>No, we&#8217;re not talking about children or infants here. We&#8217;re talking about people who are so invested in their idea, business, and process, which results in hyper tunnel vision and they begin to believe the fantasy that their [enter &#8220;whatever&#8221; here] is the best and cannot get better. Calling that [thing] imperfect is analogous to calling someone&#8217;s baby ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because the person is so invested in their endeavor that they fail to see truth.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of Ugly Baby Syndrome:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You build a product without identifying a problem to solve or a market need. You love you idea so much, but you continue to build something that nobody wants.<\/li>\n<li>You manage a process in your business that you are very proud of; you believe it&#8217;s perfect and that it can&#8217;t be improved any further.<\/li>\n<li>You own a business and have enjoyed market leadership for a long time; you don&#8217;t believe there are any competitors. You become complacent because you continue to believe &#8220;who will outsmart us? nobody can be better at what we do.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>You manage a process where speed is a <a title=\"six sigma, dmaic, critical to quality, ctq\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/critical-to-quality-ctq\/3255\/\">critical to quality<\/a> metric and you don&#8217;t believe you can deliver any faster.<\/li>\n<li>You believe your creation is perfect and that nothing can penetrate its armor; but, the truth is that there are most likely chinks in the armor that you have failed to see.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you suffer from any of the above symptoms, then a dose of truth and humility is the cure. Most likely, what you believe is likely false. 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