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Better Factories Through Role Playing
pacopico writes "A former Ford executive has taken his unique brand of factory training to the public. According to Businessweek, Hossein Nivi has set up a new company called Pendaran that forces people to endure a week-long, manic training simulation that's meant to produce safer, better workers. The participants — lots of people from the tech and military fields — get yelled at by actors while they try to assemble things like golf carts and airplanes in a simulation that mixes virtual tasks on computers with real world tasks. After their spirits get broken, the workers actually start functioning as a well-oiled team. It sounds both awesome and bizarre."
>If you RTFA
Heresy!
"The true measure of a person is how they act when they know they won't get caught." - DSRilk
I put on my robe and wizard hat.
I am officially gone from
" After their spirits get broken, the workers actually start functioning as a well-oiled team"
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It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans,' it said.
Level 14 welder......but you still take orders from a level 2 manager with an intelligence score of 9....