Captain Toti writes a reasonable lessons learned from the Roosevelt COVID outbreak.
13 Lessons from the Crozier Controversy
For those not inclined to read, here are the bullets:
1. An 80-percent solution delivered on time is almost always better than a 100-percent solution delivered too late.
2. Just because you aren’t an expert doesn’t mean you can’t evaluate the quality of data going into your decision.
3. Be careful when suggesting a course of action that could shift risk from a military population to a civilian one.
4. Military members should be more, not less, disciplined than average Americans.
5. How your crew behaves, even when you are not present, reflects on your leadership.
6. Properly inform and properly engage your chain of command.
7. Don’t presume you know more than you do about what’s going on outside your command.
8. Everything will leak.
9. Many of your crewmembers will use social media as their primary source of information.
10. Social media “campaigns” will create a new dynamic that can quickly spread off the ship.
11. Another danger: decision by “Twitter mob.”
12. Supporting staff is just that: supporting staff.
13. Panicked activity never helps.