Domino is a term used to refer to any action that results in chain reactions of actions, like tipping a single domino ever so slightly and watching as it all falls to pieces with just the slightest push from one domino being slightly tipt. As a book editor, I like using an analogy to illustrate this idea for my clients: each scene in your novel or nonfiction story should act as its own domino and the remaining pieces needing to fall for your plotline to progress smoothly.
Players require a set of 28 dominoes in order to play dominoes. Once all 28 have been assembled and placed face down in a stock or boneyard pile, each player selects seven of these dominoes as his or her game pieces. Each domino has two ends with different value spots (pips). When beginning play, one player places one domino atop another domino with matching number of spots or pips which is then dropped on it by its first faller causing chain reactions until all 28 have fallen.
Most popular domino games involve scoring or blocking games, as well as helping children learn numbers and counting. Most often played using a double-six set, however larger sets exist that offer unique end combinations; most commonly extended sets contain extra ends with more pip count resulting in more tiles overall.
Dominoes provide an entertaining way to understand how nerve cells, or neurons, function within our bodies. When one domino is hit, it sends out an electrical pulse which travels at an equal and constant speed through an axon; its course remains one-directional.
Domino’s Pizza, one of the world’s leading pizza chains, has long used this analogy to explain its systems. Don Meij, CEO of Domino’s Pizza, frequently appears on Undercover Boss to evaluate how his delivery drivers handle the difficult work they perform in various Domino’s restaurants and provide suggestions to enhance the process. Domino’s has implemented many changes and seen impressive results as a result. Domino’s now uses purpose-built delivery vehicles that quickly bring pizza from their factory to customers’ homes and businesses, and has also collaborated with Amazon on testing drone delivery technology – not only has this innovation helped increase profits but it has also saved money on gasoline expenses and other costs associated with shipping pizzas from one location to another.