About a year ago, I visited a factory in Los Angeles. Although the jeans made there were fashionable and pricy, they were not what impressed me the most. One manager and one engineer walked through the whole factory with me, while introducing the job functions of each key members in the office and the information system they work with. A manager and an engineer are teamed up for projects, and above them, there is a senior manager to oversee the whole issue. I didn't ask how a manager and an engineer are chosen to become a team. I mean, how to know two people from two different perspectives are compatible before they even start working together? Believing in your guts?
Whatsoever, the trick seems working pretty well. The manager and the engineer I met were working quite closely. The former handles paperwork and presentations to the higher management level; and the latter deals with daily problems and workfloor operators. Their ultimate goal is both driving for improvements at work from different perspectives. I couldn't tell who is working for whom, or who is whose boss at the time of my visit, as they work like friends, like ping-to-the-pong..
I once fantisized working closly with someone else from another perspective. I can manage the dirty work and daily eruption on one side, and he/she manages the pressure from above. But you know what, I am missing a partner. A good one.
Message from 19.03.2022
ReplyDeleteI would never forget the summer in 2012 with breeze of joy, inspiration and friendship. It was the time we, two seemingly unrelated people, came across in our lives. In October 2013 our love relationship started off long distanced, while I was in Chengdu and you were in Hong Kong. No one believed in us or any long distanced relationship, but here we are, 8 years and a half being in love and cheering for our 10-year-to-be friendship. We fought on the topics of freedom, politics, and social issues, and we had arguments on equality, human rights and in-law relationship. Besides all of the above, I am thankful for having someone special alone my side no matter where I go. We share the joyful moments and desperate feelings with each other even when we are not physically together. Long distance is a tough task God assigned to us, but we are so far doing it well. Love & Peace!
Mr. Special