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Management consultants using the term Burning platform

Had to look it up as I had never heard it before. It comes from the Piper Alpha disaster where 167 people died and is used in business reporting to create a sense of urgency. Either jump into the unknown or accept certain death by remaining on the platform. What world are we living in when we can casually use a disaster which killed so many people as a metaphor to make a decision.


Had to look it up as I had never heard it before. It comes from the Piper Alpha disaster where 167 people died and is used in business reporting to create a sense of urgency. Either jump into the unknown or accept certain death by remaining on the platform.

What world are we living in when we can casually use a disaster which killed so many people as a metaphor to make a decision.

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