DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION When God was a young California genius, He spent six days in his garage creating What we know today as life on earth. On the seventh day he rested in the hammock In his backyard away from the fire pit He looked down at the grass and saw it needed mowing But that was just one of the reasons He would create the next week and the week after that So he got into his convertible, put down his halo And drove to the zoo. He loved animals. They were convenient proof he knew what he was doing. He offered the animals liberty, equality, fraternity “Everything ends with tea. How civilized!,” Said the monkey marveling at his ability To hold his pinky upright. Too soon, God thought. Then the March Hare and the Dormouse Dumped their tea into the sea And threw the King and Queen in there too God smiled and handed the animals democracy on a plate Batteries were not included Neither were instructions The animals appeared confused As he was leaving, God communed in hushed tones with the sloth: “I don’t care what anyone says. You are not a deadly sin.” Back at his garage Inspired by disruptive innovation And irrational exuberance, On days 8 through 13, He created the oral tradition, climate change, kindness, Rhapsody, the lawn mower and the convection oven. He thought to himself Forget liberty, equality, fraternity, I’m going with serendipity. Out of serendipity can come joy, mystery, the Ah-Ha moment To have serendipity, there must be chaos Let me reiterate, because we live to reiterate There must be chaos Anyone who tries to impose order Does not understand the meaning of life Where there’s order The devil is in the details. On the fourteenth day he climbed to the roof of his garage Installed a lightning rod Spotted three pigeons perched on an eave And warned them against organized religion After midnight he went back into the garage Waiting for him was Adam on electric guitar Eve on vocals Snake on drums God sat down at the keyboard They jammed and woke up the neighborhood. --Arnie Reisman
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 21:58:48 +0000