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Where are the field builders? - by David Lang Where are the field builders?
David Langdavidlang.substack.com
Welcome to the Era of Experience
In early 1947, he was approached by a Palmach commander named Dov Zayces, who asked him whether he knew anything about torpedoes, self-propelled weapons with explosive warheads. Sharon answered that all he knew about torpedoes was based on what he had seen in movies and read in books. Zayces gave him five pounds sterling and instructed him to trave
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The second book he bought was Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker, which he passed out to all his IT infrastructure and operations people. Dekker’s book forces organizational managers to rethink blame and accountability in complex processes. When something goes wrong, it asks, “Should you blame the person? Or is it the system?”2*
John Willis • Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future
I have been lucky enough to carry my childhood curiosity about what makes up objects with me into my career. As an engineer, I am endlessly fascinated by how our machines, buildings, and everyday objects came to be, and what lies at their heart – a fascination that, no doubt, many of you share.