According to the news, former FEMA head Michael Brown is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm. Readers of Dilbert could have predicted this. If you’re infamous for being slow to act, your best bet is a job that bills by the hour. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he used to be a lawyer.
I wonder how someone in the corporate world explains to his boss that he’s recommending the Michael Brown disaster preparedness consulting firm. “He only ignored one part of the country that was completely destroyed. And besides, he’s also a lawyer, so we know we can trust him.”
Sounds like a tough sell.
Back in the seventies there was a saying in the business world that “You can’t get fired for buying IBM.” The idea was that since IBM was such an obvious choice, with a great reputation, you wouldn’t be blamed even if things went wrong. But what happens to the guy who recommended the Michael Brown disaster preparedness consulting firm after the company gets destroyed by a flood? I have to think that that guy would not only be fired but probably blamed for the flood itself.