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Srihari D
Hello, I’m Srihari, Co-Founder of Leanworx.
I share real moments from my customer visits — the wins, the slip-ups, the happy, the not-so-happy, and even the funny surprises. It is shop-floor and sales life, unfiltered, with lessons you can use right away.
These stories show how CEOs like you are solving productivity problems, making bold moves, and finding unexpected wins. You will see what worked, what did not, and get fresh ideas for your own shop floor and leadership decisions.
Read along and see how other CEOs stay ahead. Happy learning.
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Real People. Real Results.
The Goldilocks and the Three Bears gave us a simple idea. Goldilocks wanted perfection in everything. Not too hot not too cold not too big not too small. Just right.
The Titanic sank not because of what was visible, but what was hidden beneath the surface. That is the Iceberg Effect. When only a small part of the problem is visible, while the bulk remains unseen.
07 May 2020, at 0300 hours, a strange smell engulfed the Gopalpuram. Within a few hours 12 lives were lost. The deadly Styrene gas leaked from an LG Polymers storage tank caused this major disaster.
Kishore is 19. He finished school. He is excited to start earning and help his family.
His class mate and close friend Ashok dropped out after 10th standard. Today, he works as a delivery partner in Gurgaon. He rides a good-looking bike, wears pseudo-branded clothes, and has money for weekend drinks. He has picked up some English, knows how to use apps, and works when he wants. Boasts of delivering food to some well-known celebrities. Some days he switches on work early. Some days he takes a break. Flexibility is his biggest freedom. At the end of the month, he earns ₹30,000 to ₹35,000, sometimes more with tips.
Then there is Sunil, his distant cousin.
Sunil finished ITI. He is two years senior to Kishore and works as a CNC turner in an auto parts job shop 28 kms away from Rohtak that supplies to Maruti.
His day starts at 0530 with the factory bus. Rotating shifts. Boring uniforms. Strict timings. Production targets. Heat, noise, coolant smell, pressure from supervisors. Half an hour lunch in the canteen. Limited leave. Mistakes are costly. Sometimes he gets scolded for delays he did not even cause. Comes home at 5 pm, dead tired, hungry and no mood for fun and no spare money to throw around. Has been dreaming of buying a used bike since a year. After learning to read machine drawings, tolerances, tooling, offsets, and machining discipline, Sunil earns ₹18,000 a month + free canteen lunch + chai biskoot.
Now tell me honestly. If you were Kishore, which life would attract you today?
Ashok, with flexibility, freedom, quick money, and social status as : Delivery Partner?
Or Sunil, with tough regimental schedule, slower growth, and lower pay: as a blue collar operator?
Yes, maybe after five years Sunil may become a setter, programmer, or supervisor. His future may improve. Yes, there are real life stories of operators becoming owners of Billion-dollar machining businesses.
But a 19-year-old does not live five years ahead. He sees today.
And to him, Ashok looks like success and Sunil looks like a loser.
Then you hear MSME owners philosophise, with scotch-on-rocks in hand, at a cocktail bars: “𝘈𝘢𝘫 𝘬𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘩𝘦𝘯***, 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘪 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘺𝘦. 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘬𝘢 𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘢”
We do not have a skill shortage; we have an aspiration problem that manufacturing itself has created. This has to change.
𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘀,
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘀,
𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝘀,
𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗼’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘀?