The quality of American automobiles suffered for years because, in part, individuals felt they had little impact on the effort to produce a quality project. When they spotted a defect, the assembly line workers were effectively disabled from contributing even their intelligence, for they had no means to stop the production line and correct the problem. Giving workers the ability to stop the assembly line when a defect was spotted immediately raised the quality of the finished product, while not significantly slowing production. If a group is to be optimally successful, the resources of all members must be fully utilized. The best solution may require everyone, including the designer, the machinist, the assembler and the manager, to become involved.
Different people have a variety of resources to contribute.
At the end of the 20th century, American business is recognizing that the most effective way to make decisions is to make the information necessary available to those who are in a position to make immediate use of it. Physical Resources Physical resources are made up of the tangible assets found in our environment. While they may at first impression be useful only for a specific purpose, creative leaders can improvise and find multiple ways to use what is available to them. The lesson here is that often-times the only limit on our resources is our mind. All of us have moments when we can become James Bond, as he whips off his drugstore shoe laces to save himself from certain death.