The Navigator
Topic : LeadershipWhen my fathers company hired a consultant to improve efficiency, he immediately called a meeting of all shop personnel. In stressing the importance of following a set plan of engineering procedures, he gave this analogy:
You are on the Titanic, and its sinking. You find yourself on a lifeboat. Its dark and hazy. Which direction would you row? Now, youre in the same situation, but you have the ships navigator with you. Which way would you row? Youd row the way the navigator told you to, right?
In the crowd there were murmurs of agreement until one man in the back piped up. Well, I dont know, he said. He already hit one iceberg!