The Long Game for All: Counting What Frontlines Know

Every week a working person does something a machine cannot, and no ledger anywhere records it. This show is about what that costs — and about why the people closest to the work have the best solutions. Venki Padmanabhan spent thirty-six years on manufacturing floors. General Motors at Buick City, Lansing Grand River and Lansing Delta Township. Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart. Royal Enfield in Chennai. Ather Energy in Bengaluru. He now writes about the thing he watched on every one of those floors: the capability of the people doing the work is among the largest assets a company owns, and th...