The Domino Effect

When we think of dominoes, most of us picture an endless chain reaction; one domino topples over, leading to another and so on. But dominos hold far greater potential than we realize – just a tiny push can tip one over, leading to far larger pieces being knocked over than expected. This principle also works in writing novels: small actions can set off chain reactions that cascade throughout.

David Brandon recognized that Domino’s was not succeeding as it had in the past, so he began by looking to its core values – one being “Champion Our Customers”. Taking this seriously and listening to customer feedback about what they desired from the restaurant led to a relaxed dress code policy as well as new leadership training programs among other changes.

Domino’s commitment to customer feedback extended to employees as well. Employees were encouraged to express themselves at meetings, with management taking an open approach in listening to any feedback provided by employees – creating a culture at Domino’s that was founded upon participatory forms of management.

Hevesh had an insatiable hunger to build things with dominoes as a child, creating intricate setups at age 10 before posting videos of them online. Now at 20, she is an established domino artist working on projects with over 100,000 dominoes – her largest arrangements can take several minutes before breaking apart!

Each domino is a small rectangular block featuring an identifying mark on one side and either an empty or patterned surface on the other. A double-six set contains 28 tiles; these tiles are often mixed up randomly before being randomly drawn from a stock or boneyard and drawn out one at a time by players taking turns drawing tiles out; their values, indicated by dots similar to dice, range from zero to six.

A domino game involves placing tiles, or “pieces,” to form a sequence or total that matches a pattern or total. Most popular domino games involve placing edge-to-edge against one another with the aim of matching such patterns or totals; most sets contain tiles of various patterns and values while some larger sets use easily identifiable Arabic numerals to indicate which end has more or fewer pip spaces.

The term domino refers to a system of prediction where one country may respond politically as a consequence of events occurring elsewhere – for instance, an unsuccessful coup may cause instability elsewhere. Political scientist Robert M. Putnam first devised this theory in 1993.