Putting social value in employee reward system

ONE of Aesop's fables is "The Crow and the Pitcher." It is a powerful example of creativity. It tells of a thirsty crow that saw a pitcher with rainwater at the bottom. Knowing the shallow water can't be reached by its beak, the bird attempted several times to topple the pitcher with no success. As a solution, the crow looked around for small stones and dropped them one by one until the water rises to the mouth of the pitcher.

There are three lessons we can learn from the story. One, it tells us about ingenuity. You don't have to look far and wide to search for a solution. In general, most solutions can be found in the same place where problems are created.