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Seth Godin Strategic Production Shifts Overcoming Systemic Challenges

Name: Seth Godin Strategic Production Shifts Overcoming Systemic Challenges
Uploaded: 2025-09-30T12:30:45+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Francis Wade
Description: In this brief dialogue, the speakers examine why radical production reforms—such as moving entirely to just‑in‑time (JIT) operations—are rarely…

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In this brief dialogue, the speakers examine why radical production reforms—such as moving entirely to just‑in‑time (JIT) operations—are rarely attempted. They argue that entrenched structures, like foremen hierarchies and on‑site storage, actively push back against such changes because they feel counter‑intuitive to established practices. The conversation references historical systemic change, noting how Edwards Deming faced resistance in his home country before his quality‑focused ideas were embraced in Japan, illustrating the broader challenge of shifting deep‑rooted production mindsets.

That feels like an obvious shortcut, but almost no one has ever done something like that because the system that's in place, the system of foreman and storage and what we do around here, pushes back against that, right? Because it feels weird to say, well, we're not going to do any of those things. Everything is going to be just in time. And when we look at big strategic shifts, even in the heavy metal production
world,
they always feel like that. They always feel like, what are we going to do? And, you know, Edwards Deming had to leave his country and move to Japan because no one wanted to hear about quality. That's a systems change.
You know, those who are engineers are very inspired by those two stories because the goal is all about— the goal by Eli Goldratt folks is all about systemic change. That's