Chapter 3. Secret #1: Reach Beyond Your Grasp

Linder: Mayor Berger, what made you decide to try to save the Lima refinery?

Dave Berger: We had been suffering for a number of years in Lima. We had had our share of economic setbacks. I tend to be a person who aggressively seeks solutions. You have to go right at those things. I have been fortunate that sometimes it works.

Linder: Paul, what led you to Winston Ledet and the Manufacturing Game?

Paul Monus: I have been an operating manager most of my career, first as an engineer, then as an area supervisor. I found myself in a place where I was trying to make big changes in a business, but I didn’t know the theory. So I started looking for answers.

Linder: David, how did you come up with the Ambient Orb? ...

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