FailSafe_Connect the dots

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[00:00:02.794]Ever drive by a bad automobile crash
[00:00:05.507]and wonder how did that happen?
[00:00:08.197]Well, if the driver could turn back time,
[00:00:10.956]they'd find that a whole series of actions led
[00:00:13.650]to that car wreck.
[00:00:14.965]Okay, well I overslept, stupid alarm,
[00:00:18.151]woke up and looked at the clock and panicked.
[00:00:20.895]Threw on some clothes and headed to my internship.
[00:00:23.508]I'm supposed to be there in 10 minutes
[00:00:25.298]and I'm at best 15 away.
[00:00:27.547]Had to text my boss as I was getting on the expressway
[00:00:30.127]to let them know I'd be late, traffic was bad,
[00:00:32.372]blah blah bah.
[00:00:33.411](cars crashing)
[00:00:36.921]Then bam, I run right into
[00:00:38.511]some stupid driver who stopped for traffic.
[00:00:41.509]So, what caused the crash?
[00:00:44.133]Well, texting while driving, yeah.
[00:00:46.570]But we could all the way back
[00:00:48.459]to sleeping through the alarm
[00:00:50.204]to really understand why this happened
[00:00:52.468]and how to avoid it in the future.
[00:00:54.506]Well, that's the great thing about managing risk.
[00:00:56.649]If you connect all the dots, you can figure out how
[00:00:59.416]to avoid problems from the very start.
[00:01:02.487]Now let's take a fairly common scenario
[00:01:04.412]among college student organizations
[00:01:06.472]and do some walking back.
[00:01:08.440]Let's start at the point where everything starts
[00:01:10.497]to go bad.
[00:01:12.234]A freshman guy is passed out on the couch
[00:01:14.498]at a party hosted by members of your organization.
[00:01:18.075]Nobody's really been paying attention
[00:01:20.072]because the place is really crowded.
[00:01:22.010]But as the party clears somebody notices
[00:01:25.566]that he's not looking so good.
[00:01:27.583]Nobody can wake him up and he's not breathing very well.
[00:01:31.293]Somebody calls 911 and the sirens start wailing
[00:01:34.722]toward the party, which has everyone scattering like ants.
[00:01:38.691]Party over, trouble begins.
[00:01:42.221]How did that happen?
[00:01:43.944]Well, like the car crash,
[00:01:45.835]there may be missteps going back a good week
[00:01:48.332]before this moment that contributed to the outcome.
[00:01:51.642]Let's walk it back.
[00:01:53.212]Before the guy passes out,
[00:01:54.732]people at the party keep feeding him shots,
[00:01:57.114]even though he's already showing signs
[00:01:58.754]of being way intoxicated.
[00:02:01.264]But if being a little drunk is fun,
[00:02:03.104]then being a lot drunk will be a blast, right?
[00:02:06.186]Well, he's not thinking much about how he can handle
[00:02:08.539]and what the potential risks are for drinking so much.
[00:02:12.067]And he seems to really want to drink more,
[00:02:13.914]so who are we to say no?
[00:02:16.252]Before the shots, though,
[00:02:17.907]he comes through the door with two friends.
[00:02:20.690]The three of them split up almost immediately.
[00:02:23.034]And even though they stumble by lots of members
[00:02:25.323]of your organization, no one steps up to find out
[00:02:28.711]who they know at the party.
[00:02:30.472]The person feeding our guy shots has no idea
[00:02:32.421]who invited him, how old he is,
[00:02:34.778]or how much he's been drinking.
[00:02:36.689]In other words, no one notices that a drunk,
[00:02:39.464]underage guy that no one knows, a true liability,
[00:02:43.774]is at our party.
[00:02:45.675]So how'd he get in?
[00:02:47.488]Well, like most of the parties your organization hosts,
[00:02:49.969]the door to the house, a house that's rented
[00:02:52.042]by four members of the group, is wide open.
[00:02:54.547]No one's standing at the door checking for invitations,
[00:02:57.791]because there's no invitation list.
[00:03:00.257]Before the party starts,
[00:03:01.562]the group members in the house did
[00:03:02.640]what they always do to get ready for a party.
[00:03:05.285]They make a big trash can of punch,
[00:03:07.738]filled with all kinds of alcohol in it.
[00:03:10.705]They made space on the tables for cups and bottles,
[00:03:13.738]and they cleared the refrigerator for beer and ice.
[00:03:16.190]No food, no alternate beverages.
[00:03:19.291]Oh, and they made sure the door was open
[00:03:21.045]and the music was cranked high.
[00:03:23.229]Let's walk back a little further.
[00:03:24.611]Four days before the party,
[00:03:26.357]several of your organization's members told the group
[00:03:28.947]that there was gonna be a big party at the house
[00:03:30.994]of the four group members and that
[00:03:32.820]everyone should spread the word.
[00:03:34.509]They even referred to the party as being given for
[00:03:37.026]or given by the entire group.
[00:03:39.819]No one talked about what this meant
[00:03:41.505]or the liability this could create for the group.
[00:03:43.906]After all, different members
[00:03:45.172]of the group host parties all the time.
[00:03:47.972]Let's walk back even further, way before this event.
[00:03:51.373]At the start of the year meeting,
[00:03:53.106]group members bragged about
[00:03:54.387]how the organization has a reputation
[00:03:56.925]as being great partiers
[00:03:58.314]and how the group's parties are the most popular on campus,
[00:04:01.359]especially among freshmen.
[00:04:03.462]Several members share their favorite stories
[00:04:05.508]about partying and laughed about people
[00:04:07.249]who'd gotten really drunk at parties the group had hosted.
[00:04:10.666]So do you see how, when we walk way back,
[00:04:13.756]we get a different picture on how to avoid those problems?
[00:04:19.094]The Leader Awareness and Planning Tool,
[00:04:21.070]the second tool in your toolkit,
[00:04:22.760]helps you to identify policies and practices
[00:04:25.341]that may be contributing to potential problems
[00:04:27.544]for your student organization,
[00:04:29.277]even if the problems haven't occurred yet.
[00:04:31.439]As a leader, when you become aware of these group policies
[00:04:34.497]and practices, you can make decisions about them.
[00:04:37.172]And find ways to create changes
[00:04:38.903]that can make all the difference later on.

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