How difficult is to get to the New World?
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A man was walking along the beach and found a bottle. he looked around and didn't see anyone so he opened the bottle. A genie appeared and thanked the man for letting him out.
The genie said, "I am so grateful to get out of that bottle that I will grant you one wish. But, I can only grant one."
The man thought for a while and finally said, "I have always wanted to go to Hawaii. But, I've never been able to go because I cannot fly. Aeroplanes are much too frightening for me. And on a boat, I see all that water and I become very claustrophobic. So I wish for a road to be built from here to Hawaii."
The genie thought for a few minutes and finally said, "No, I don't think I can do that. Just think of all the work involved. Consider all the piling needed to hold up a highway and how deep they would have to go to reach the bottom of the ocean. Imagine all the pavement needed. No, that is just too much to ask."
The man thought for a few minutes and then told the genie, "There is one other thing I have always wanted. I would like to be able to make my hierarchical organisation agile and flexible. I want to know what to do to make people feel involved and empowered. How to make us focus on our customers and key suppliers instead of just pretending to. And how to make our work count so that we don't have to spend all our time working on pointless reports budgets and sitting in boring meetings. Basically, move us into the New World."
The genie considered for a few minutes and said, "So, do you want two lanes or four?"
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