Metaphorical Blinders Halt Forward Progress*
Author: Lindsay Merwald/Monday, January 25, 2016/Categories: Industry News - Textile
Lately around our shop we have been incredibly focused. So focused in fact, that I think we’ve missed some obvious things we could have handled better. Nothing major, but we all want to be tweaking whatever isn’t working quite right so it can be improved. Right?
However that doesn’t happen when you are just focused on one thing. Getting that order out. Setting up that big ten color job because you have a client coming in for a press check in thirty minutes. Sewing that expensive Patagonia jacket. Perfecting that color match for a digital print. Shipping those three skids of backpacks to the other side of the planet. Even starting that new employee on their first day.
We do these things and they go off without a hitch. Because we are putting the time and energy into them to make sure that the results are what we expect.
The issue though that I’m writing about today, is not catching the small problems that are occurring as we are walking by on our way to make these “important” challenges work out correctly.
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