Where is the shark in your cubicle ?
A friend sent this story sometime back: The Japanese have a great liking for fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So, to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring back the fish. The longer it took them to bring back the fish, the staler they grew. The fish were not fresh and the Japanese did not like the taste. To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish. And they did not like the taste of frozen fish. The...
Are you helping your competitors succeed ?
I just read a nice story on the home page of Luke Watson, and was struck by its ‘simple power’. It goes like this: A few years ago, there was story going around about a farmer who won a particular category in the Nebraska State Fair four years in a row, which is unheard of there. The local newspaper sent a reporter to interview the farmer to find out what he did to achieve such a feat. The reporter asked, “What’s your secret? Do you have any special corn seed?” The farmer replied, “Absolutely, I develop my very own corn seed.” The reporter said, “Okay, so that’s your secret - you developed your very own corn seed.” And the farmer said, “No, not particularly.” The reporter exclaimed, “I don’t understand. What’s your secret, then?” The farmer said, “Well, I’ll...