Taking a step back …

I recall – in the late 1980s – reflecting on the wisdom displayed in the concepts illustrated below (despite the bemusing “causal/casual” typo 😂).

It demonstrates the value of “peeling back the onion”. The value asking “why”? The value of questioning to the void.

It also flags a warning.

It flags the need to think differently.

… and to do differently

All disasters should stimulate us to step back. To explore interventions which are truly “comprehensive and integrated” – how we can peel back the onion to explore gaps and opportunities. Sometimes to change the whole way we define our needs.

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Author: John Salter & Associates Consulting Services

John Salter - specialising in the facilitation of risk-based capability reviews; needs-based training; business continuity planning; crisis management exercises; and organisational debriefing. Recognised for “preventing disasters, or where that is not possible, reducing the potential for harm” Ref: Barrister H Selby, Inquest Handbook, 1998. Distracted by golf, camping, fishing, reading, red wine, movies and theatre.

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