It Was Due Thursday and It's Still Sitting There | Manufacturing Accountability | Ep. 192 episode artwork

EPISODE · Sep 9, 2026 · 7 MIN

It Was Due Thursday and It's Still Sitting There | Manufacturing Accountability | Ep. 192

from Manufacturing Greatness | Productivity | Retention | Profits | Continuous Improvement | Safety | Workforce Development | Labor Challenges | Skills Gaps | Industry 4.0 · host Trevor Blondeel

You walk in Friday morning and the material is still sitting in quarantine. It was supposed to be relabeled and moved out Thursday, and you need that space today because corporate is walking the floor tomorrow. What happens in the next ten seconds decides the whole conversation. Trevor takes one real scenario from a manufacturing leader he was working with and runs it through all three gaps. How you show up, because how people feel determines how much they can engage with you. Whether Thursday was ever an agreement or just a date somebody said out loud. And what a real accountability conversation sounds like, which starts with what got in the way rather than why it wasn't done. The question to steal: if this had been done, what would have been different yesterday? It will not move the material any faster. But there is going to be another Friday morning. Also in this one, a short update on the book, out May 11, 2027. Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe at manufacturinggreatness.com/subscribe and get bonus content in our newsletter! Connect with Trevor:  LinkedIn 👉 linkedin.com/in/trevorblondeel  Website 👉 manufacturinggreatness.com 

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