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> construction is hard! i have no idea how the Japanese have such efficiency. they work fast and make it look relaxed. I have no special insight, but I would s
by cosmic_cheese 1y ago
> construction is hard! i have no idea how the Japanese have such efficiency. they work fast and make it look relaxed.
I have no special insight, but I would speculate that it’s a byproduct of their culture of keeping everybody on the same page and measuring twice (or thrice) before cutting. In the US, we tend to try to speed up by making speed the goal which counterintuitively slows things down due to corners cut, i’s and t’s not dotted and crossed, poor coordination, etc.
- yencabulator 1y agoWe had a professional crew doing interior painting in a residential setting. The amount of time they wasted having to come back to fix all the places where they accidentally painted neighboring surfaces would have probably justified a 15-minute all-hands meeting every morning talking about importance of brush selection for detail and how to protect surfaces and a 30% slower working pace.