The Total Eclipse (on your shop floor)
You must have heard by now. There will be a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th. We are lucky to be in the path of near totality, so we don’t have to travel far to see it. The sky will be black. The temperature will drop. I’ve heard that the moments just before totality will be louder than usual, with wild animals making more noise than usual. And, at the height, it will be pin-cushion quiet. These things are out of our control and will happen whether we’re there or not.
How is this like your shop floor? Have you ever heard the moments before something goes wrong? Things are starting to pull apart, start to have issues. The team gathers around to try to figure it out and do whatever it takes to self-correct. We’ve talked about the rhythm of the shop before. Shops have a sound, a feeling.