Retail · Independent bookshop and event space
Kettle & Quire Books
The Signing
An author arrives before setup is finished with specific requests for the signing table.
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Problem solving at Croft & Sons Feed Supply
Working out what is actually wrong before deciding what to do about it.
Add this focus to my Spark guideWorkdays to walk through
Workday 01 · The Wrong Load
Monday · 7:52 AM
Reuben calls from forty minutes out. The order you loaded isn't the order on the ticket. Someone at Marsh Farm is waiting on feed that won't grow the right calves.
Where problem solving shows up: The wrong animal feed has reached a farm forty minutes away.
Workday 02 · A Slow Morning
Tuesday · 8:10 AM
Nobody's called in an order in an hour. An older customer wants to talk more than he wants feed, and the bulletin board needs sorting. None of it feels like real work, and all of it is.
Workday 03 · Grab That End
Wednesday · 6:40 AM
Denny wants a heavy pallet moved by hand instead of using the loader, and he's already halfway through doing it. Reuben's still thinking about the Marsh Farm mix-up, and Fenn's neighbor came in asking about the driving scheme.
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