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Renewing public sector is like moving a graveyard.

You won't get much help from those already there.

A young man enters a monastery high in the mountains.

The monastery practices a strict code of silence as a test of discipline. Each year, before renewing their sacred vows of silence, the monks may say only two words to the friar.

At the end of his first year, the man says: "Food's bland!" The friar nods and blesses him.

At the e...

A man owns a factory with his wife

Everything's running smoothly, production is typical.

And then the factory explodes.

"This is bad," his wife says, "We have to get this factory rebuilt. We have to get production back on schedule. How long is it going take?"

The man pores over the papers for a moment, types som...

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