Herding cats may refer to: * An

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denoting a futile attempt to control or organize a class of entities which are inherently uncontrollable—as in the difficulty of attempting to command individual cats into a group (herd). * ''(Managing people is like) Herding Cats: Warren Bennis on leadership'', by Warren Bennis, first published 1 January 1997 by Executive Excellence Publishing, Provo UT. * Herding Cats, or Cat Herders, a commercial from Electronic Data Systems, 2000 * ''Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers'', by J. Hank Rainwater, first published 2002 by Apress, Berkeley CA * '' Herding Cats: A Life in Politics'', a 2005 book written by United States Senator Trent Lott * ''Herding Cats'' (album) (1999), the second album by the band Gaelic Storm * ''Herding Cats'', a play by Lucinda Coxon * ''Herding Cats'', a book by Graeme Davies, metallurgist and university administrator * ''Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World'', a book by

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, diplomat * ''Herding Cats: A "Sarah's Scribbles" Collection'', a book by Sarah Andersen, cartoonist

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