tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post2222406047703513400..comments2023-08-13T12:20:53.393+01:00Comments on Anything that defies my sense of reason....: Mind your business, Peter PowerThe Antagonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459201402366077472noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-44021142132303966332020-03-24T16:09:05.521+00:002020-03-24T16:09:05.521+00:00I don't think he's been on national news l...I don't think he's been on national news lately, but his letter did get top billing on the Letters page of the New Milton Advertiser this week. You may enjoy the following for old times' sake, especially the cheeky reference to "sensational news coverage" as if he had never indulged in such a thing.<br /><br />SIR – Over 20 years ago I was flattered to be asked by the then Department for Trade & Industry (DTI) to write a guide, to be issued by them to all UK organisations, on how to continue business operations in the face of any unforeseen drama.<br /><br />The guidance was called Preventing Chaos in a Crisis (after an excellent book with the same title written by French researcher Patrick Lagadec many years earlier).<br /><br />My research back then indicated that:<br /><br />(1) if you were good at ‘just in time’ (JIT) business operations, as companies still are encouraged to remain competitive, you were very poor at ‘just in case’ contingency planning as there was no slack left in any systems to absorb sudden shocks;<br /><br />(2) weak operational risk management was rife where fear or disbelief was often disconnected from fact;<br /><br />(3) general cynicism prevailed of any government advice during a crisis to anyone at the coal face of our economy.<br /><br />It’s sad to note that nowadays as we face the worsening Covid-19 crisis, JIT has perhaps resulted in even more immediate economic impact, helping global share prices to immediately plummet, alongside many companies waking up too late to the idea of working from home (seldom easy).<br /><br />Fear usually exceeds reality and, linked to this, sensational news coverage often dwarfs well intentioned government advice.<br /><br />You only have to look at empty supermarket shelves this week right across Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset to realise that preventing chaos in a crisis seems to be even more elusive today than it was yesterday.<br /><br />Sadly, no end of government guidance or standards seems to make much difference. Plus ça change…<br /><br />Peter Power FIRM FCMI FBCI BA, Lyndhurstcmainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-5082262843178632282009-02-17T13:14:00.000+00:002009-02-17T13:14:00.000+00:00See him on “Panorama - London Under Attack” http:/...See him on “Panorama - London Under Attack” http://beta.vreel.net/watch_16429.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-36760761613888172282009-02-08T04:13:00.000+00:002009-02-08T04:13:00.000+00:00Muncher - Thanks for the pointers.Muncher - Thanks for the pointers.The Antagonisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459201402366077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-33794296039959979532009-02-06T02:13:00.000+00:002009-02-06T02:13:00.000+00:00@AnonymousA few of my observations:I couldn't find...@Anonymous<BR/><BR/>A few of my observations:<BR/>I couldn't find any trace of artefacts which often show up with chroma-keying.<BR/>The view perspective of the background appears consistant with the camera position.<BR/>The focus of the background in relation to Peter Power looks correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-34164374414346057672009-02-05T22:31:00.000+00:002009-02-05T22:31:00.000+00:00how can you tell that?how can you tell that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-65290465998337102232009-02-05T21:32:00.000+00:002009-02-05T21:32:00.000+00:00Having examined the video carefully I am convinced...Having examined the video carefully I am convinced that the background is real, not green screened.<BR/><BR/>Not sure about Peter Power though. I think he might be fake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-32392767254880481382009-02-05T15:30:00.000+00:002009-02-05T15:30:00.000+00:00Last night, in a show about the onset of Terry Pra...Last night, in a show about the onset of Terry Pratchett's Alzheimers, Pratchett did a TV news interview sat in front of video camera pointing at a green screen in a small box room. <BR/><BR/>When the interview went to air he too was sat in front of a large room full of computers. <BR/><BR/>Recent interviews of politicians "Live from Westminster" have included remarkably snowless scenes in the background, including shots of Big Ben (bearing roughly the right time) without so much as a snowflake on it.<BR/><BR/>TV fakery isn't an aberration, it's the norm.The Antagonisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459201402366077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5892105.post-41044791749320036102009-02-05T14:53:00.000+00:002009-02-05T14:53:00.000+00:00"lovely unchanging hairdo and everything" where "e..."lovely unchanging hairdo and everything" where "everything" includes being filmed with a room full of computers behind him, just like in his most famous broadcast even though that was on ITV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com