running a country

MM has this interesting analogy ...

MM Lee said running a country was like making music.

Great music cannot be made with just a three-piece band. In fact you need an orchestra with a conductor that understands the strength of each musician and the instrument they play.

MM Lee said: "To be the prime minister, you don't have to know every instrument, but you got to recognise, ah, he's a good violinist, he'll be the first violinist, he'll be the double bass. He will play the viola, he will have the trumpet, he will do the drums. Then you coordinate them and then you have great music. And if you already have a great orchestra, you can put a dummy there and you still got great music."

(Thanks to CNA online.)

How true - even for teams.