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4. Narrator. A shared mission, vision or goal enables groups to redraw and expand the boundaries that previously divided them. The narrator's role is to help define and give meaning to a new, unfolding purpose. When the Chinese computer company Lenovo ( LNVGY.PK - news - people ) purchased IBM's ( IBM - news - people ) global personal computer operation in 2005, its senior leaders moved quickly to define Lenovo as a "New World Company" that would synthesize the best of East and West. They scrapped symbols, roles, processes and language that they viewed as "legacy IBM" or freshwater pearl earrings "legacy Lenovo" to make room for the new Lenovo storyline.