If the Waffle House is closed, it's Time to Panic (2016)
That's a lovely study in contingency planning. This is something that always strikes me when doing research in line of my work, how many companies are simply totally unprepared for even the most obvious things that can go wrong. It's logical, paying attention to the happy path is where the business is, it is where you grow. But if you <i>only</i> concentrate on the happy path you're a small step away from a disaster.<p>Now, natural disasters such as this one are much harder to plan for and deal with than the issues that could affect your average start-up. When you're moving and selling atoms the chain from raw materials to revenues is a very thin one with many weak links just waiting for the right conditions so they can break.<p>In contrast with that, in IT most disasters are man made and easily protected against. And yet, few companies do.