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It's getting to be fall, and at Bernice's Green Growing Things plant store, it's time to start this year's renovation projects.

Unfortunately, the action resembles a French farce way more than a well-run project.

Bernice decided that the Audrey twos aren't selling fast enough.

Customers are understandably apprehensive about plants that actually demand food out loud on a

regular basis.

So, she told the team last month, we need a price promotion and window display for the Audrey

twos.

Europa, Melvin, and Thomas jumped into action.

Unfortunately, action isn't what gets things done. Coordinated action is what gets things done.

Europa arrived at the window display with a hose connected to the back room sink, ready to water

the plants, but Melvin was already there, with a pulley and aqueduct solution that he rigged up

out of his Lego engineering collection.

Europa wants to use her hose.

Melvin wants to use his Legos.

This is not going to go well.

Fortunately, it isn't going to have the opportunity,

because, as Thomas is carrying an Audrey 2 from the holding pens to the window, he left his skateboard right where Europa is about to...

Ah, right. This chaos must be stopped. Pronto! The problem is that Bernice issued a

broad desire and everyone leapt into action without taking the time to figure out what needed to be

done and who needed to do what. This happens often. A new product is launched and the salespeople are

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