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Operations under pressure · Post Event debrief

A high-value batch was scrapped after a deviation no one caught until QC. Walk me through how you'd debrief the shift without turning it into a blame session.

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I'd open by naming the shared goal, understanding how this got past us so it doesn't happen again, and setting the tone that we're examining the system, not hunting a culprit.…

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