Avoid risks of “Titanic” proportions!

I am sure you have noticed that some Films are as good the tenth time you see them, as the first.

In recent times “Titanic” has entered that category for many.

It certainly does it for me and before anyone reminds me, yes I am a lover of Celine Dion music!

The layers to the story are many and varied.

They show human failure and tragedy.

Everyone talks about the flawed design that led to the perception that she was unsinkable.

In fact, when she was found at the bottom of the sea, it was deemed she already suffered from metal embrittlement as a flaw. On any moving vehicle this is, in itself, a recipe for tragedy.

Aerospace are particularly aware of the need to check this danger.

If the owners of “Titanic” had said sinking was improbable rather than impossible, we might now see a reason for such belief.

Whatever many lessons can be drawn, one above all reminds me of the fine line that determines outcomes.

Everyone talks about the limited number of lifeboats that made it impossible to protect everyone equally. New laws of regulation rightly resulted later.

In the crisis that ensued though, the great loss of life resulted because no other vessel was close enough to change the outcome.

A set of events transpired to come together that made survival impossible for many. The risk factor increased a hundredfold the moment it was known that a plan B was not available.

Everyone makes mistakes but they should never be terminal, either to us or others.

It’s a lesson that, accept it or not, we are reliant on others.

None of us can exist in isolation.

Our relationships, Family and Business, should be strong commitments.

If and when crisis arrives, the greater number can make the difference to avoid outcomes or disasters of “Titanic” proportions.

Who would let their child travel the world for many months without a backup plan that could respond to emergency?

It’s the same in business. It sounds grim but you need a disaster plan.

If you manufacture products and your storage burns down, where will stock come from to cover the period you can be up and running again?

If all your Corporate data is lost at the same time, where have you stored it externally to be able to retrieve it?

It sounds like an exercise of negative thinking but risk awareness provides risk avoidance.

It’s best not to say it’s impossible.(song by Nat King Cole) Titanic proved that!