May the 4th is coming up and there are lots of Star Wars stuff out there. One point being made is how George Lucas created Yoda’s speech to get people to listen to his words.

What George Lucas does not explain is why it works. Yes it is different. It is different because it exposes the truth.

Let’s try this on a common used term “Supply Chain Management.” Something said often and people immediately have an image like this.

Lets change the words to be Management Chain of Supply which implies there is a management hierarchy with a chain control over the supply. The weak leak in the Management of the Chain impacts the Supply. That is the truth of Supply Chain Management.

This method works as it is Isomophism.

Management Chain of Supply — Revealing the True Structure

Supply Chain Management sounds like a system optimizing the movement of goods and services.

But reverse the words and you reveal its hidden structure:

Management Chain of Supply.

It is not a chain of supply first.
It is a management hierarchy first, and supply depends on that hierarchy working correctly.
It is a chain of control, not a chain of flow.
Every link in the management chain carries risk:
- A weak link in management creates a break in supply.
- A rigid chain means brittle responses to change.

Key Understanding:

Supply failures are often management failures — not supply failures.