Reader Matt Heberger commented
on yesterday's post with a list of
his own.
Here goes....
Reminds me of a classic I found
posted on a colleague's wall. The
only attribution it has is
King 2005 (?).
13-Stage Industry Strategy for Dealing with an
Environmental Challenge
Stage 1: There is no environmental
problem.
Stage 2: There may be a problem, but
we must study it for 5-10 years to be sure.
Stage 3: If there is a problem, it is not significant.
Stage 4: The problem may be significant, but we must
study it further to be sure.
Stage 5: If there is a significant problem, we are
not responsible.
Stage 6: If we are responsible, our economic impacts
are far more important.
Stage 7: If we must respond, we will voluntarily
self-regulate
Stage 8: If a new law is needed, we must help
write it.
Stage 9: If new rules are needed, we must help
write them.
Stage 10: The rules are fine, we just don’t like the
enforcement provisions.
Stage 11: The enforcement provisions are fine but the
penalties are excessive.
Stage 12: These regulations must change or we will be
forced out of business!
Stage 13: We found a technical innovation – the costs
are not bad after all.
Notes:
Expect each stage to be stretched out as long as possible.
Several stages may take place simultaneously.
Stage 13 only arrives when industry leaders become
concerned that continued claims of unbearable
compliance costs and penalties are beginning to
affect stock prices.
Perhaps this could easily be adapted to the
California Bay-Delta imbroglio.
If you would still like another list, try this one of the
world's worst and best airport terminals. New York's three
main airports - JFK, LGA, and EWR - all had entries in one
of the lists.Guess which one! But JFK also had one in the other list.
"Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes
the print is too small." - David Ives
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