In aviation, and in the decades following the Second World War, the leading safety regulators developed a culture of "hands-on" involvement in airworthiness certification.
The United States Chemical Safety Board said in a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement that the companies' hands-on involvement in the analysis undermined its credibility.
Venture capitalists' answer is intensive screening by a small team of dedicated investors, followed by hands-on involvement in the business.
NASA needs more hands-on involvement in maintenance and safety, the report said, and not just serve as a "safety auditor" of contractor activities.
Downing Street's insistence this week that the arrest of Mr Miranda was entirely an "operational matter" for Scotland Yard, does not sit easily with the Prime Minister's hands-on involvement in Jeremy Heywood's contact with Alan Rusbridger, the Guardian editor.
Such hands-on involvement in the processing of intelligence data was unprecedented for a vice-president in recent times, and it put pressure on CIA officials to come up with the appropriate results.
Blessed with unimagined income, Leiter is also setting a high standard for athletes with his hands-on involvement in charity work, while trying to keep a perspective at home.
"What we hope they will get--and what they seem to get--is hands-on involvement in a research activity," says Corby Hovis, coordinator of the NSF's REU program.
And in any event, being a producer doesn't necessarily require hands-on involvement in every scene.
Laboratory directors have generally had hands-on involvement in research activities undertaken in their facilities, have personally trained those with whom they worked, and have been careful to restrict access to those not well suited for containment-laboratory endeavors.
And Lady Gaga herself has a significant stake in the company, as well as hands-on involvement with its development.
