And You're Worried About Paint Blisters?

Podcast: The Long Game for All: Counting What Frontlines Know · Venki Padmanabhan

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

In 2010 the complaints came in a rash. Paint was peeling off the fuel tanks of motorcycles we had built at Royal Enfield’s plant in Tiruvottiyur, in the north of Chennai. It was my line. I pulled the team into a huddle beside it to find the cause. One man was missing. Selvam hand-sprayed our frames, tanks and nacelles. Somebody said he was outside. I went out and found him on the bench by the door, getting his breath. His hands and feet were coated in paint. He told me what he knew. Th...