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Andon Cord

Tom Geraghty · Safety & Human Error, Stories & Cases, Interpersonal Practice

Uses the Toyota Andon Cord — the physical mechanism that stops the production line — as a model for structural PS. Argues it's the most powerful example of PS as practice: a designed system that makes speaking up the path of least resistance, not the most.

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