As you stand before the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on this January 2021 evening, what are your thoughts?
When you walk down the sidewalk towards the AT&T building in downtown Nashville, what comes to your mind?
After
you contemplate these two physical building locations, now think about
the virtual scale of the digital SolarWinds software hack?
Our greatest adversary in a world full of Evil and continuous “Asymmetric Warfare,” is a Noun:
Definition of complacency - noun
1
: self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of
actual dangers or deficiencies. When it comes to safety, complacency can
be dangerous.
2 : an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-satisfaction.
Operational Risk Management (ORM) has never been more vital, as our next decade opens before us in the United States.
People,
Processes, Systems and External Events shall be our focus and our major
problem-set in the U.S. Public and Private Sector.
Where does it
begin? How will we as Americans unite to overcome complacency? When you
wake up tomorrow, start with the thought of another word in the
dictionary.
This time, we must counter our adversary “complacency” and be proactive to show a sign of action:
Definition of reengineer - verb
1 : to engineer again or anew : redesign
2 : to reorganize the operations of (an organization) so as to improve.
Our
lost values and the speed of our digital world, has incrementally
overtaken us. We must now realize, that we have a new opportunity before
us.
First, we must Understand. Decide. Act. We must Reengineer. We must demonstrate Integrity.
Second, who do you know in your circle of human relationships that could use a hug or a “Thank You” today.
And
how might you together, make your levels of “Trust” grow even greater?
How might you work side-by-side to eliminate any sign of complacency?
To improve the quality of _____?
You see, as Americans, we shall have continuous pride on what we have accomplished so far.
The rest of the globe is counting on our future. Onward…