ManagementSpeak: I am shocked that this doesn’t amaze me.
Translation: I’m beyond caring.
I’m shocked, but not amazed, that this week’s contributor preferred to remain anonymous.
Month: October 2009
Threat management – the political plan
Imagine you’re no longer responsible for keeping your company’s computers up and running. Instead, you’re an epidemiologist. Rather than a new and very aggressive malware threat you read about a new and highly contagious virus … the statistics indicate 30% of those exposed become infected and roughly 1.25% of those infected die.
The U.S. has a population of 300 million. You do the arithmetic: Straight-line extrapolation predicts 90 million infections and more than a million deaths.
Welcome to the world of the adults who are responsible for responding to the “Novel H1N1” flu virus.