The CNO s program to cut excess inspections also fits right in with Smart Work. Philosophically, we re taking on the misplaced idea of zero defects, and I think making progress. Selection boards are directed to promote the best person, not the one with the most immaculate record. Board members report, and promotion lists show, they re taking this to heart. And, to boot, we ve cut the time to process promotion lists by more than a third.
Recent lists reflect the improvement.
We are encouraging innovation at all levels, and we are prepared to accept some risk in the pursuit of improvement. Challenge yourselves from the engine room to the bridge, and from the motor pool to the squad bay, to rethink the way we do business and to embrace new ideas. I saw good initiatives on this trip to San Diego and, for that matter, I see them in lots of places. That was the CO s decision. Best of all, a special effort had been made to do it in homeport even at extra expense.