Little Mistakes, Big Consequences
About this episode
The episode discusses how simple mistakes can lead to significant consequences, using a market's banana order mishap as an example.
Simple mistakes can be costly. Be careful. A market in Scotland’s Orkney Islands intended to request 750 pounds of bananas. Instead, ordered 380 boxes containing 100 bananas each. That’s 38,000 more bananas than ordered, and because of strong winds, the ferries were cancelled and the bananas couldn’t be returned. Little mistakes can happen by mistake. We are human. Distractions and lack of focus are often the culprit, so eliminate the cause. The market did invite community groups and local sc...
People in this episode
Host: John Ed Mathison
Topics covered
- mistakes
- consequences
- focus
- distractions
- community
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Scotland, Orkney Islands
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