QUOTATION 67
JAMES YORKE ON THE NEED FOR A PLAN B
Use this to remind you that you always need a back-up plan, or two!
James Yorke (b. 1941) was a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland until he retired in 2013. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada, in 1980 for his work on chaos theory.
Chaos theory shows how apparently minor events can develop into significant crises. That is why Yorke suggested that:
The most successful people are those with a plan B.
James Yorke
Scenario analysis can improve the planning process by identifying the effect that key variables may have on the organisation in the short and medium term and developing a series of strategies to deal with them should they ...
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