People might think of dominoes as an engaging childrenâs game where one places one domino against another, then knocks it over with one swift movement. Once one piece falls, subsequent ones follow suit until all have fallen, creating what is known as the domino effect: an event with seemingly small consequences but lasting ramifications.
Dominoes are rectangular blocks characterized by a line down their center and blank or numbered spaces (called pips) at either end, featuring blank spaces called pips for easy play. They can be stacked on end in long rows for stacking games in which one piece tips over, leading to subsequent pieces following its lead and falling, to cause yet more pieces to also tip over, creating intricate shapes and patterns as a sequence of falls occurs. Dominoes have even been used artistic installations â people have even set world records by creating the longest domino chains ever constructed from dominoes!
Lily Hevesh, 20, first started playing dominoes as a child and now works professionally as a âdomino artist.â Her intricate setups take several enthralling minutes to complete. She has worked on projects involving over 300,000 dominoes and helped set a Guinness World Records for most dominoes toppled simultaneously in circular arrangements.
Sheâs also provided domino sets for films, TV shows and eventsâincluding Katy Perryâs album launchâwhile also running her YouTube channel Hevesh5. Today it boasts over two million subscribers!
Hevesh employs an engineering-design process when she embarks on a domino project. After creating her ideal design, she sketches her plan out on paper before beginning to lay dominoes in an assembly line. Once satisfied with her creation, gravity takes control. When one domino tumbles toward Earth it converts potential energy into kinetic energy that pushes it toward another domino causing that one to fall as well â this pattern continues until all dominoes have fallen, and installation has been completed.
Team leaders can reduce the negative domino effect by practicing good communication, structured beginnings, accountability, task prioritization and sharing goals among team members. Doing this creates an incentive-based culture within which all of their teammates motivate one another to learn and improve themselves and the entire group as a whole.
Fiction writers can utilize the domino effect to craft an exciting and logical tale. This happens when your characterâs decisions impact other characters and help readers understand why she acts this way. If a scene doesnât follow this logic, it will seem out of place and may confuse your audience; its context often dictates whether immoral acts can be justified within its confines â this makes it essential that before writing any scene you consider its setting and circumstances first.