A story on thinking

After four days of intense analysis, the young consultant reported back to the grizzled CEO. ‘Everything’s fine except for one thing. You’ve got someone sitting on your production floor who, as far as I can tell, hasn’t done a thing for four days. That’s not efficient!’ ‘Aah!’ said the Chief, ‘that’ll be Fred. Ten years ago Fred came up with an idea that still saves the company £10 million pounds a year. As far as I’m concerned, Fred can sit on his arse for the next ten years as long as he just keeps on thinking.’

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