o0norton0o
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My friend who is an engineer just retired from boeing and he was a supervisor in assembly. He often referred to the union workers as "a bunch of idiots". There's no special "card" or "club" or "union" that changes you from and idiot into a smart, conscientious, worker. Before I went into business for myself, I worked in the union. There were both incredibly skilled guys and idiots. In private business, it was the same...
IMO, you have to design a good mechanism in order for any worker to build a good mechanism. It's rare when a poorly designed thing can be corrected during the build itself by the workers, but I've seen that happen too. In boeing's case, it seems hard to believe that the workers could do anything to save a poor design, given the complexity. The bean counters ruin great innovation by insisting that "cheaper and good enough" is a better result than "excellent and more expensive".
IMO, you have to design a good mechanism in order for any worker to build a good mechanism. It's rare when a poorly designed thing can be corrected during the build itself by the workers, but I've seen that happen too. In boeing's case, it seems hard to believe that the workers could do anything to save a poor design, given the complexity. The bean counters ruin great innovation by insisting that "cheaper and good enough" is a better result than "excellent and more expensive".
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