Dr. Victor (Vic) Sower is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Operations Management at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) and Partner Emeritus at Sower & Associates, LLC. At SHSU he taught courses in operations management, quality management, technology and innovation management, small business management, and supply chain management and established the Sower Business Technology Laboratory in the College of Business. He has also taught courses in Mexico and Germany. During his academic career he earned numerous awards for his teaching and research including the SHSU university-wide Excellence in Teaching award, the Excellence in Research award, and the Excellence in Service award and he was named a Piper Professor in 2005 by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation of Texas. He is the author of eight books and numerous journal articles and presentations. Prior to entering academia, Vic served on active duty as an officer in the U. S. Army Chemical Corps and held a variety of positions in engineering, engineering management, and general management in industry. The characters in this fable are loosely based on composites from his business, academic, and consulting experience.