Don’t you get tired of the kids asking that?
Are we there yet?
A phrase though that I think the dynamics of Lean were made for, after all, if the jingo is to be believed, they never will get there.
Over the next hill and just around the corner, how many times have you said that? Of course the destination is never there, always one more hill and one more corner.
The push for Lean amongst, not only manufacturing, but in all walks of life, has left us in this sort of limbo, for the employers, it is
“Can we get any better”?
For the worker of course the questions are far more realistic and that simply put is:-
“Can this get any worse”?
Well, yes I am sorry but not only will it get worse, but until we realise exactly what is going on, it will impoverish us all, all us workers that is.
Not simply in terms of what we take home in our pay packet, but more far reaching than that, for example, will we have a retirement pension, will I be able to live a reasonably comfortable life during my retirement, now that Lean has gobbled up the occupational pension and forced me into a private pension?
What effect on my health will the Lean Revolution bring about?
Will I have a retirement free of occupational ill health? RSI etc.
We need to get the debate going and have people who are at the sharp end of this Lean thing, to express their opinions and help to bring some realisation to the whole issue.
So if you think it’s all balls, then feel free to comment, or if you agree with me, then likewise feel free to comment.
