... does not pretend in this parable that all of us are alike. Max DePree is chairman and chief executive officer of Herman Miller, Inc., the furniture maker which was named one of Fortune's ten best managed and most innovative companies. In his book, ... us are poets. Others have mechanical ability. Some of us are still searching for our gift. Harry Von Zell tells about comedian George Burns' love for singing. As Von Zell puts it, "I know George is a great music lover, because a poet once said that every man ...