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What Happens When???
20220427 What Happens When???
Deciding to change the plan while in play can be the worst thing you ever did.
The disaster planning process requires redundancy options. If plan A does not work, go to plan B. This system of creating a backup plan ensures you can complete the course of action you started on.
But what happens when an unplanned change occurs during a disaster event? We are not talking about behavioral or organizational change. Instead, we are discussing operational change that deviated from a pre-planned procedure.
“Don’t change horses in midstream means don’t alter your course of action, plan, or leader in the middle of a project, don’t change your mind at an inopportune moment. A related phrase is don’t swap horses in midstream. The proverb is credited to Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States.” https://grammarist.com/phrase/dont-change-horses-in-midstream/
Example: The get-home route from work is North on 3rd Ave to Henderson street, West to Bayou Blvd, and South to home. By deviating from the agreed-on path. You place anyone in a dilemma if they need to come to find you because you have not made it home.
Changing the plan creates conflict, misunderstanding, stress, and additional risk.
You made a plan. Stick with it. During the practice phase, alterations to a plan should be reported to everyone involved.
There comes a time when you need to make an instant decision to change the plan.
Change for the sake of change is not always good.
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