I agree with your view about organizational problems. Your discussion gave me an idea: Is it possible to shift employees dedicated to capability improvement to work on safety improvement? Set safety goals for these employees within the organization. This way, they will have a new direction and won’t be idle, worried about being fired or resigning to go to other companies. Besides, it’s necessary to make employees understand that improving safety is a highly meaningful job. This may not rely solely on the organization itself, but also require external pressure, such as from the government, peers, or the public. If the safety cannot be ensured, your product may face a lot of criticism and even be restricted from market access. And there will be some third-party organizations conducting safety evaluations of your product, so you need to do a solid job in safety rather than just going through the motions.
I agree with your view about organizational problems. Your discussion gave me an idea: Is it possible to shift employees dedicated to capability improvement to work on safety improvement? Set safety goals for these employees within the organization. This way, they will have a new direction and won’t be idle, worried about being fired or resigning to go to other companies.
That seems to solve problem #4. Employees quitting becomes much less of an issue, since in any case they would only be able to share knowledge about safety (which is a good thing).
Do you think this plan will be able to solve problems #1, #2, #3 and #5? I think such discussions are very important, because many people (me included) worry much more about organizational side of alignment than about technical side.
I think this plan is not sufficient to completely solve problems #1, #2, #3 and #5. I can’t come up with a better one for the time being. I think more discussions are needed.
I agree with your view about organizational problems. Your discussion gave me an idea: Is it possible to shift employees dedicated to capability improvement to work on safety improvement? Set safety goals for these employees within the organization. This way, they will have a new direction and won’t be idle, worried about being fired or resigning to go to other companies. Besides, it’s necessary to make employees understand that improving safety is a highly meaningful job. This may not rely solely on the organization itself, but also require external pressure, such as from the government, peers, or the public. If the safety cannot be ensured, your product may face a lot of criticism and even be restricted from market access. And there will be some third-party organizations conducting safety evaluations of your product, so you need to do a solid job in safety rather than just going through the motions.
That seems to solve problem #4. Employees quitting becomes much less of an issue, since in any case they would only be able to share knowledge about safety (which is a good thing).
Do you think this plan will be able to solve problems #1, #2, #3 and #5? I think such discussions are very important, because many people (me included) worry much more about organizational side of alignment than about technical side.
I think this plan is not sufficient to completely solve problems #1, #2, #3 and #5. I can’t come up with a better one for the time being. I think more discussions are needed.