[Vision2020] The Americans and the Japanese (Humor)

[Tom Hansen]

The Americans and The Japanese 

The Americans and the Japanese decided to engage in a competitive boat race.
Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance. On the
big day the Japanese won by a mile. 

The American team was discouraged by the loss. Morale sagged. Corporate
management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found,
so a consulting firm was hired to investigate the problem and recommend
corrective action. 

The consultant's finding: The Japanese team had eight people rowing and one
person steering; the American team had one person rowing and eight people
steering. 

After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the problem, the American
team's management structure was completely reorganized. 

The new structure: four steering managers, three area steering managers, and
a new performance review system for the person rowing the boat to provide
work incentive. 

The next year, the Japanese won by two miles! 

Humiliated, the American corporation laid off the rower for poor performance
and gave the managers a bonus for discovering the problem.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen

PS - Tomorrow (Saturday, August 5th), 12:00 noon, Friendship Square.  BE
THERE!

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a ride!'"