Domino is a game where players place domino tiles edge-to-edge across the table in order to form chains of alternating colors. These chains can also have certain numbers on their ends that make them useful or distasteful to opponents. Depending on the rules of the specific game, the player who places a tile with a number showing on one end takes control of the chain and can either add to it or break it.
When a person starts to build an intricate domino setup, she has to take into consideration the laws of physics, and the way that these laws can work together to bring down her creation. For example, when Hevesh Morris started her YouTube channel, she posted videos of some of her most elaborate domino setups. Some of these projects took years to complete, and she has built up a reputation for creating massive dominoes that take several nail-biting minutes to fall. Hevesh credits the power of inertia for this, the fact that dominoes are so stable and unmoving unless an outside force is applied to them.
Most domino games begin with the shuffle and distribution of a set of 28 tiles to each player. These tiles are called the stock or boneyard, and each player draws seven of them from the stock before starting the game. The player who draws the highest domino will start the first play of the game. Depending on the rules of the game, this may be determined by the rank of the tiles in the player’s hand or by the number of dots on the tiles.
There are many different ways to play a domino game, but most of them fit into one of four categories: bidding games, blocking games, scoring games, and round games. The player who makes the first play in a bidding game is known as the setter, downer, or leader. The next player to play will usually take the tiles that were drawn by the previous player (or teammate) and add them to their own pile. Occasionally, all of the players will draw the same domino from the stock, which is referred to as an overdraw.
The company’s value of listening to its customers helped Domino’s turn around its slumping sales in a hurry. The CEO before Doyle, David Brandon, embraced this value and made many changes that included a new dress code and leadership training programs as well as talking to workers to find out what they wanted from the company. These changes helped the company win a Top Workplaces award. They also helped Domino’s get back on its path to profitability. The company continued to focus on the value of listening to its customers when Doyle became CEO. In the future, Domino’s hopes to continue this approach in order to stay ahead of its competitors.