The Hedge Organisation: A story to show how people can become lost in the corporate hedge

This simple story illustrates how companies can get out of control, and lose focus as they grow. Told in the form of a parable, it draws parallels between a hedge and a company – the hedge becoming out of control with intertwined branches, and the company's efficiency and profits stifled by out of control people, processes, procedures and non value-adding activities. It deals simply, yet prof...