Re:Efficiency Is the Enemy
by tonyedgecombe on Thursday May 06, 2021 @03:26AM
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It reminds me a little of a story I read about Alcoa, the Aluminium manufacturer.
They had been have issues with improving productivity. One of the issues was the workforce and unions were reluctant to accept any change.
New management came in and rather than pressing on productivity issues they decided to double down on safety. They hadn't been particularly bad but not great either.
Obviously staff and unions are never going to complain about making their workplace safer. What also happened was as soon as process were open to change to improve safety they were also open to change for productivity.
I wonder in cases like yours whether the pandemic just unstuck a lot of things because all the previous excuses floated away as soon as someone says "because covid".
They had been have issues with improving productivity. One of the issues was the workforce and unions were reluctant to accept any change.
New management came in and rather than pressing on productivity issues they decided to double down on safety. They hadn't been particularly bad but not great either.
Obviously staff and unions are never going to complain about making their workplace safer. What also happened was as soon as process were open to change to improve safety they were also open to change for productivity.
I wonder in cases like yours whether the pandemic just unstuck a lot of things because all the previous excuses floated away as soon as someone says "because covid".