The earth was roaring with rage as the thunderbolts and storm hit the ground. It had been a dark gloomy weather since more than a year. Sara tossed and turned in her bed unable to sleep from the smoke that filled her room from the nearby factories.
A big jolt woke her from the sleep and she was shocked to see animals standing inside her house!!
There were wolves, jackals, hyenas and towering over all of them stood the lion. Oddly they all looked famished and on the verge of death.
Suddenly the lion roared, “You are shocked to see us here. Why? The destruction you have caused should not surprise you humans. You destroyed all forests and lands to satisfy your greed.”
Sara was baffled, “But I have not cut any trees or forests. I am even a vegetarian. I did not kill anyone. Then how am I at fault?!”
The lion roared, “You say you did not cut trees, what about the endless papers you wasted for which they cut more trees? All herbivores have perished. Now we have nothing to eat. The reckless behavior of humans is responsible for the downfall of our dear forests. We will take revenge KILL THEM ALL!!”
Sara jumped from the bed to realize it was just a nightmare. But she was still trembling from the gory picture in her head of barren lands and dead animals. She decided to take responsibility and change things.
Sara went to office next day, with the nightmare still playing in her mind like a horror story. As she looked at the heap of bills and invoices that towered her desk for the commercial department. She could see an opportunity of rectification. She called her team and shared with them the idea of digitisation. The team together brainstormed to come up with an efficient blue print of digitisation of all bills and invoices which gave end-to-end solution as well as timely processing of payment of vendors.
Overtime, Sara and her team got rewarded by the management as digitisation saved them lot of time, money and resources. Vendors were happy as they could check status any time and got their payments on time. Everything became online and therefore no need to generate travel or courier invoice.
Thus saving lot of paper and resources.
From that day, she got good sleep and dreamt of a green and clean land with all animals and humans living in prosperity.
Lessons Learned
- Small Thinking can change your way of life
- Everyone is equal and partner in growth
- To save future, save trees. Save Environment
- All life forms on our planet are important
- Simple innovative solutions can deliver major breakthroughs
- Inspire yourselves and others will be inspired