They brought several pots of water and several bags of food, which were enough to meet the demand for several days.
"We should speed up our progress, or we will be trapped in the desert." On the second day after entering the desert, one of them felt that he was walking too slowly and said to the other.
"What are you afraid of? We have so much water and food. Let's walk slowly. " Another person said.
The man who suggested walking faster felt reasonable and gave up the idea of walking faster.
However, that night, a storm hit, and the lives of two people were saved, but the water, food and luggage were swept away by the storm, and the camel was gone.
Therefore, they can't walk any slower. On the third day, they began to run like hell. Unfortunately, because there was no water, no food and no direction, in the end, they didn't walk out of the desert.
Only by foreseeing the crisis can we avoid it better. Many tragedies and accidents happen because people did not foresee the crisis well.
20 10 On the night of April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and caused a fire, killing 1 1 workers.
Deepwater Horizon drilling platform belongs to Swiss Transocean Drilling Company and was leased by BP at the time of the accident. Before the accident, the oil well at the bottom of the drilling platform leaked oil, but it did not attract the attention of relevant personnel. Half a month after the incident, there is still no obvious breakthrough in various remedial measures. The oil leakage of the sunken drilling platform reached 5000 barrels per day, and the offshore oil slick area continued to expand. The oil spill has caused great environmental and economic losses.
According to relevant investigations, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was mainly caused by the premature start of deep-sea oil exploration in the United States and the busy schedule of BP. But in theory, as the last barrier to prevent oil leakage, the blowout preventer is installed at the wellhead, and the tubing is closed after oil leakage. However, the blowout preventer of Deepwater Horizon did not start normally. The Associated Press reported that the BOPs of several drilling platforms have failed to play their due roles for several years since the US federal government regulators relaxed equipment testing.
If the companies and leasing companies of Deepwater Horizon drilling platform have a sense of prevention and put this awareness into practice, can't accidents be avoided? Any enterprise should put the responsibility consciousness of safety precautions into the actions of every person in charge, and let the crisis disappear in the bud on the basis of foresight.
Many people are too afraid of accidents to face up to the potential safety hazards, which is exactly what Demosthenes said: "Nothing is easier than self-deception. Because people are eager for something, they believe in the real thing. " In the face of crisis, people always habitually adopt the psychology of escape or exclusion, which does not help people to improve their vigilance against the crisis. On the contrary, they can only indulge their paralysis of the crisis.
Steven? Fink is a famous management consultant. He once humorously pointed out in an article that every operator "should realize that death and tax payment are inevitable, and must make plans for it, realize that the crisis is inevitable, and must be prepared for it." This is not because of weakness or timidity, but because of the strength to know that you are ready ... in order to better cope with fate. "Anticipating the crisis is not timid or overly cautious, but a necessary means to avoid and effectively solve the crisis.
An American shipping company selects the best fleet once a year. Such a fleet must first meet one condition: there are the least accidents in the process of going to sea. One fleet is rated every year, because when sailing at sea, this fleet has never had any man-made accidents except those caused by natural factors of force majeure.
When someone asked what made this fleet so excellent, the crew of that excellent fleet said, "Actually, it's nothing. We only carefully maintain the ship regularly, especially before sailing. Because we know that if we don't do it today, we will regret it tomorrow, that's all. "
Anyone familiar with navigation knows that due to the fault and wear of ship operation, the strong corrosiveness of seawater, the strong attachment and rapid growth of marine life, the hull is prone to problems, resulting in rust spots and scale that are difficult to remove, which seriously affects the driving efficiency and safety of the ship. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain the ship regularly to avoid or reduce the occurrence of problems.
"If you don't do it today, you will regret it tomorrow." Sailors say well that solving problems before accidents may be the best way to deal with enterprise crises.
At present, many enterprises have established a special crisis early warning mechanism, and regularly carry out crisis drills within enterprises, which is very helpful for enterprises to prevent crises. The following practices of this sporting goods sales company are worth learning.
This is a company that specializes in selling sporting goods, and its founder Nitin? Nolla believes that frequent simulation training among employees can prepare them for the worst. For new employees, the company mainly trains them how to deal with the crisis in the store. Every employee must know how to ensure that problems are effectively managed to minimize the damage to shops and customers.
Nitin said, "I believe that no matter how well managed, every enterprise will face some kind of crisis? Noella said, "The difference between successful enterprises and unsuccessful enterprises lies in how they manage problems: problems either become crises; Either anticlimactic and end in failure. "
Nidin? Nolla went on to say, "All my employees need to know how to prevent crises and how to manage them. We talked a lot about how to do better and the weakness of the enterprise. I also believe in the effect of simulated crisis training. Because we often recruit new employees in certain seasons, we hold simulated crisis training twice a year. "
Every six months, on a Saturday, the company will require day shift employees to arrive 90 minutes in advance for training before opening the store. Employees who work at night leave 90 minutes late after closing the store. The employees knew there would be a simulated crisis, but they didn't know the details. In the previous simulation, once a very annoying customer refused to leave the store; In another simulation, an employee suddenly had a heart attack; Another time, a fake TV reporter went into the store to investigate why a customer didn't get compensation.
After each crisis simulation training, there is usually a friendly comment, and employees discuss the actions taken and the areas that should be improved. After the simulation, all employees participating in the activities will take part in the lucky draw and have the opportunity to win one of three awards, such as team uniforms, expensive golf bags or gift certificates for certain goods.
"Every time we do this, everyone laughs and says,' Oh, I'm so glad this is just an exercise, not a real thing.' "Nitin? Noella said, "We always try our best to do things better, so that when a crisis occurs, we can be more confident to deal with it. So far, we are lucky that we have not experienced a real crisis, but if we have, we will be prepared. "
The crisis simulation training in the case is a crisis management mode that many enterprises are adopting now, which can keep employees vigilant at work and prevent problems before they happen.