An article by Tim Heston published in The Fabricator
Giving people a voice may be at the very core of what makes an engaging, sustaining culture—and this probably applies as much to the fab shop as it does the Iowa electorate.
Seeing people caucus made me think of the “communication boards” posted throughout Bermo Inc., a custom fabricator and stamper north of the Twin Cities. On these boards people post ideas, and those ideas undergo a set process that makes it virtually impossible to dismiss any idea outright. We’ll detail this process in next month’s FABRICATOR magazine.
Giving people a voice may be at the very core of what makes an engaging, sustaining culture—and this probably applies as much to the fab shop as it does the Iowa electorate.
Seeing people caucus made me think of the “communication boards” posted throughout Bermo Inc., a custom fabricator and stamper north of the Twin Cities. On these boards people post ideas, and those ideas undergo a set process that makes it virtually impossible to dismiss any idea outright. We’ll detail this process in next month’s FABRICATOR magazine.
When I toured the Bermo plant in December, the first thing I saw was that communication board. And when I walked through the plant, people looked engaged, happy. They showed be various improvements—a status sign on machines here, a quick-fixturing concept there—that made life easier on the floor. And most of those ideas came right from the people on the front lines.
They were happy not just because they had a voice, but they knew their voices actually could make a difference.
They were happy not just because they had a voice, but they knew their voices actually could make a difference.
