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Competency and Fire
Mar. 10th, 2025 10:13 amThe townhome association I live in owns a chuck of wetlands prairie, which we must periodically burn back with a controlled fire. Yesterday, a dry and calm day, proved perfect for the event. A crew of five (including two women) showed up and ran the operation. Three work-related takeaways.
1) Some things are not predictable: As I watched the team work, I was struck by how randomly the fire moved. Some brush would burn hot and quick whle apparently identical brush right next to it wouldn't.
2) Planning helps: The team parked their vehicles in front of my house, so I saw the whole operation. (In fact, it was seeing them pull up which caused me to remember the email from the management company telling us about the burn.) Before the first fire was lit, the team members pulled printouts out from their pockets and had a meeting to review same. In short, there had clearly been a lot of planning prior to the actual work.
3) Competent people don't look busy: I watched the entire operation. Not once did anybody run or yell. In fact, there was a lot of standing around. In the picture above, one of the women on the crew is standing at left just making sure the fire stays contained.
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1) Some things are not predictable: As I watched the team work, I was struck by how randomly the fire moved. Some brush would burn hot and quick whle apparently identical brush right next to it wouldn't.
2) Planning helps: The team parked their vehicles in front of my house, so I saw the whole operation. (In fact, it was seeing them pull up which caused me to remember the email from the management company telling us about the burn.) Before the first fire was lit, the team members pulled printouts out from their pockets and had a meeting to review same. In short, there had clearly been a lot of planning prior to the actual work.
3) Competent people don't look busy: I watched the entire operation. Not once did anybody run or yell. In fact, there was a lot of standing around. In the picture above, one of the women on the crew is standing at left just making sure the fire stays contained.
Link to original article on LinkedIn
