Resilience
Crisis as Audit
Treat every crisis as a diagnostic of what the pre-crisis system was hiding.
What it helps you examine
Use disruption to examine weaknesses that may have existed before the event.
- Crisis timeline
- Latent defects
- Ownership map
- Corrective operating rhythm
The idea in practice
A diagnostic approach that examines what pressure reveals about the system before rushing to restore its previous appearance.
Situations to consider
- Post-incident review
- Leadership transitions
- Operational disruption
Questions and actions
- Capture what pressure exposed
- Trace the underlying condition
- Distinguish symptom from system
- Correct before normalizing
Questions to explore
Does this imply crisis is desirable?
No. It means that when crisis occurs, its evidence should not be wasted.