[ Inductions ]

In the construction workspace, safety inductions for the workers are legislated, expected, tolerated, and, simply, done. You wouldn’t (can’t) start a construction project without an induction.

Besides being legally required, and also potentially tedious and repetitive, there are still benefits to safety inductions: they can set behaviour expectations and introduce site specific hazard identification. 

For office-based knowledge workers, perhaps there is opportunity for an induction approach to quality of work.  A “permit to work” system for those who produce the pictures and words.  A “knowledge induction” that presents design knowledge expectations, scope limits, and company or project specific technical hazards.

(from Aug 8, 2019)