Or imagine the CEO says, "Safety is everyone's job, we will accept no lapses in safety"
Instead the CEO said "increase monthly production 10% this quarter"
There is no trick needed here, just the proper leadership. The current Boeing CEO is an accountant who made a fortune running the private equity playbook of squeezing out costs:
And what if the management hierarchy actively fought against safety and quality inspection, and deliberately avoided making documentation, and worked to kick out or demoralise anyone who tried to ensure safety and quality?
> Under the leadership of CEO Jim McNerney, Boeing underwent a seismic shift in its corporate culture. Driven by a desire to cut costs and bust unions, McNerney embarked on a mission to outsource the development and engineering of the 787 Dreamliner to suppliers, many of whom lacked the necessary expertise. This ill-conceived plan not only burned through billions of dollars but also set the stage for a systematic purge of Boeing’s most experienced and knowledgeable workforce.
> Deliberate nondocumentation was a cornerstone of the new Boeing culture with which Swampy came into constant conflict. In 2014, he was reprimanded in a performance review for documenting “process violations” in writing instead of flagging issues verbally and “working in the gray areas”—i.e., without leaving a paper trail. Nondocumentation was part of a larger “theory,” Swampy explained in an interview earlier this year with TMZ, that “quality is overhead and not value-added.”
Instead the CEO said "increase monthly production 10% this quarter"
There is no trick needed here, just the proper leadership. The current Boeing CEO is an accountant who made a fortune running the private equity playbook of squeezing out costs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Calhoun