Daily Dose of Curious

A supplier worth having is one you walk into with a problem instead of a part number.

24 SEP 2026PEOPLE

Anybody can hold stock. The valuable ones will look at what you are trying to do, tell you the thing you asked for is wrong, and hand you the thing that works instead.

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shares a tagFix the machine and leave the person no wiser and you have done half the job.
shares a tagRemove the obstacles and the team does the rest. Most of coaching is admin done thoughtfully.
shares a tagThe machines were never the interesting part. The people around them were.
same categoryA part that might be faulty is a question, not a diagnosis.

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