I don't actually disagree with your point of people taking more responsibility, I just think the brown M&M's incident isn't a good example to illustrate it. Th

I don't actually disagree with your point of people taking more responsibility, I just think the brown M&M's incident isn't a good example to illustrate it. The production crew had an extensive document outlining all the requirements, likely built up over time as they encountered things venues did not actually take the care to ensure (like the stage not sinking through rubberized flooring). > This is it. This is the difference in mindset. I now think of it as "mine". Not that it's mine and no one else's. But I choose to take responsibility for anything that went wrong that I could have been prevented. That's fine, and you can take responsibility, but you can't do all the work, not in any way that scales. Even in the preflight checks for the plane, you're not disassembling wings and checking for cracks on internal struts I imagine. Someone else does that occasionally and you have to trust (or not) their opinions and that they've actually done the work. And you can't always spend a week doing a thorough background check of those people either (or for some reason you're forced to use someone you would rather not), so sometimes little tricks that might indicate that you should be wary are useful.