140 – When you desperately need your plan B

A new?episode of?Anecdotally Speaking?is available! To listen to?When you desperately need your plan B,?click here.?

This week, Shawn shares a story that occurred a few weeks ago in Howlong, a regional town in Australia. It touches on our recent Ambulance shortage crisis, brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The story?makes several?meaningful business points, including:

• Have a plan B and keep it top of mind;?
• Backup plans are essential; and
• You can’t expect things to work out.?

We?mention a past episode,?124 – When the stakes are sky high, and the story of Rick Rescorla, whose meticulous planning saved almost 3,000 people on 9/11.