<p>This simple story illustrates how companies can get out of control, and lose focus as they grow.<br>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.<br>It deals simply, yet profoundly, with a whole range of issues that...