This pilot fish’s team gets word of a new company-wide mandate: Everyone is required to come up with new cost-saving measures — no matter how small the idea is.

“One of our seasoned staff members, Fred, did not participate,” says fish. “And so he was called on the carpet by our local manager because she thought it made her look bad.

“So Fred submitted an idea, complete with charts, to activate the power-saving feature on all laser printers in the building and to set it to five minutes. He had charts that showed sizable cost savings on power, printer life, etc.

“Naturally, upper management jumped on the idea and Fred got a nice plaque for his work.

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