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Daragh Ó Briain

@amckinstry @Tupp_ed One of the best books I have read in business is this one amazon.com/Slack-Getting-Burno

Key principle: we need to allow for slack in processes so they can absorb delay, prevent burnout, but also have some reserves in the tank to deal with crises.

If @Tupp_ed wants to borrow my copy this can be arranged.

31 May at 11:22 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.ie
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Nicole Parsons

@DaraghOBrien @amckinstry @Tupp_ed

Another factor infecting taxpayer-funded public services is the Toyota Production Method (called Lean in North America).

It's predicated on minimalism in everything. Flat management. Limits on staffing. "Just in Time" Processes. Employee training replaced by manuals. Making the staff do the janitorial work.

Unpaid overtime to make up for inadequate staffing during vacations season, flu or hurricane season, or other "unexpected" events like pandemics.

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31 May at 12:19 | Open on mstdn.social
Nicole Parsons

2/2

Translated: "barely adequate" at all times, which quickly turns into "inadequate" during crises.

Toyota is also famous for its Karoshi Deaths (death from overwork).
theguardian.com/world/2008/jul
nytimes.com/2008/07/10/busines
wired.com/story/karoshi-japan-

It's another example of an exploitive fraud just like that ideology "trickle down economics".

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Translated: "barely adequate" at all times, which quickly turns into "inadequate" during crises.

Toyota is also famous for its Karoshi Deaths (death from overwork).
theguardian.com/world/2008/jul
nytimes.com/2008/07/10/busines
wired.com/story/karoshi-japan-

31 May at 12:20 | Open on mstdn.social
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