It's also story about communications, so you could use it to illustrate an idea about management communications and how we personalize the information we're given. Or use it to talk about crisis response. Or think about using it in a speech about health care. A little creative analogizing can take a story like this a long way. Your audience will enjoy the story, but more than that, they'll enjoy the way you use it to reinforce your message.
Every great meal has a great main course, a piece de resistance.
And every successful speech has a main focus, a central idea that listeners can take home. This is the concept that pulls the whole speech together and helps your audience remember your supporting points. If you can remember that, it shouldn't be too hard to remember my supporting ideas. At the beginning of the speechwriting process, many speakers aren't sure how to focus their messages. The answer is often a range of choices.