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This is how to respond to big challenges. There are going to be a lot of comments about how we messed up, wasted time, etc., but they miss the point. The WWII
by hodgesrm 7y ago
This is how to respond to big challenges. There are going to be a lot of comments about how we messed up, wasted time, etc., but they miss the point.
The WWII mobilization was a shitshow when it started. Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California turned out ships at an amazing rate [1] but it didn't begin that way. I remember hearing a story many years ago of what it was like when they first started. People were wandering around trying to figure out what to do, because nobody could read a blueprint. In the end some kid who had had a couple of years of college just sat down with older guys and they figured it out. (This was on NPR, sorry don't have the source.)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Shipyards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Shipyards
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