Death Robot Designs

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Getting the Message Across

John Kotter in the very famous Leading Change teaches us that effectively communicating a vision consists of:

Simplicity - no techno mumbo jumbo

Metaphor, example, analogy - compare it to something people can relate to.  

Multiple Forums - need to communicate in multiple channels.  Follow up your email campaign with laser etching Death Robots R Cool on the moon

Repetition - people will only get it after they have heard it many times. Stomping on the them doesn't help.

Leadership by example - I already let Death Robots rule my household.  (My early prototypes are just my cats)

Explanation of inconsistencies - Address things that seem out of place.  I didn't democratically elect my cats, but that's only a temporary setback that will be fixed in the next sprint.

Give and Take - it's a two-way communication.  Get feedback and actually listen.  I tried and failed at this when I thought a focus group was a group of people I focused Death Lasers at.  Ooops!

Bad Example: "Our mission is to leverage non-teach pendant Death Robots to actuate positive change in the global dynamics of human vi human interaction.  We'll use global scale to achieve first in market eminence to outperform all government and alternatively motivated scientist based competition."

Better: We will be the first company to invent Death Robots to make the world a better place.

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D.E.A.T.H. Robots

Early focus group results have uncovered two clear trends.

1) People do not like the concept of Death Robots taking over.  They feel that "Death" has negative connotations.

2) Not nearly enough people pronounce robots as 'ro-bits' these days.  

To address point 1, it should be noted that 'Death' is really an acronym: Democratically Elected Automated Technological Humanoids

We need to tune our branding strategy to get that point across.  Hopefully that will allay some concerns as people are being stomped to death an alternate life status when they get out of line.

As for point two...well...that's just a crying shame.

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I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines.

Claude Shannon

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Death Robots: My Inspiration

You can read all the books by John Kotter or Dale Carnegie to try to change the world, but that's a slow and boring process.  With no doubts I can be a benevolent ruler of this lil blue rock.  But, I need someway to do it fast.  And with flair.  That's why my choice is Death Robots.  I will invent a Death Robot to rule the world.  Don't worry, I'll use Kohn Kotter's techniques so you'll be well informed and involved in the process.  Though, that involvement may involve being stomped by my Death Robot.

My main problem will, of course, be focusing.  To date I've spent too much time spread across Death Robots, Death Rays and Doomsday Machines.  After much analysis, I've decided to focus on Death Robots.