King For A Day

I thought we'd mix things up a bit today and try something a little different to spark the brain cells and get folks thinking.

Situation One: You been contacted by President Bush and advised that you are the new Director of FEMA and that the Cabinet Level post has been re-established. Your job is now to prepare for Hurricane Rita while simultaneously revamping the organization and leading the Agency in responding to the Katrina aftermath.

Challenge: Name the first 5 things you would accomplish and how you would go about accomplishing them.

Situation Two: You been contacted by President Bush and advised that you are the new Director of FEMA and that the Cabinet Level post is not going to be re-established. Your job is now to prepare for Hurricane Rita while simultaneously revamping the organization and leading the Agency in responding to the Katrina aftermath.

Challenge: Name the first 5 things you would accomplish and how you would go about accomplishing them.

Obviously, we each have those ideas that we believe could re-baseline or further enhance the organization, but putting those ideas into actionable items isn't the same thing. One of the exercises here is to get everyone to look beyond the surface issues, explore the root cause(s) and effect(s), and then determine possible methods of overcoming the obstacles. Of course, we at NIUSR say identify the opportunity for improvement, understand the opportunity and why it needs improving (because we all know that if something isn't broke, then don't fix it), and then articulate how to implement the improvement. Who knows, maybe someone inside the beltway will read the responses to this post and take some valuable nuggets away.

Bryan