The scenario is set on the ECOPETROL Cartagena Refinery Expansion in July 2011. An amine regenerator re-tray. A Turnaround Manager who wants the crown pipework refitted two days early. A confined space team lead who has already confirmed it is technically possible. And an HSE Director who has thirty seconds to decide what to do with the request.
The mistake most senior practitioners make in this moment is asking for a revised risk assessment. Which produces a technically defensible document. Which gets initialled. Which is fully compliant. And which nearly kills a man on day twelve.
The technique the module teaches is called the Consequence Narrative. It is a Boardroom Code technique, delivered as three sentences at the base of the column, with the gaze changing between each part. When it is deployed correctly, most Turnaround Managers refuse their own request within thirty seconds of hearing it.
Watch the video. Download the workbook. Complete the four sections against a scenario currently in play on your own site. Then come back here.
Here is the question I want you to answer in the thread below.
What is the wrong question you are currently being asked on your site? The compliance question that has been placed in front of you where a leadership question should have been. Name it in one sentence. Then draft the leadership question that should have been asked. Post both.
I will respond to every reply in the thread this week. If you do not know how to identify the wrong question, that is a valuable answer too. Post that and I will help you find it.
The technique cannot be taught in a video alone. It has to be practised against real scenarios in real time. This thread is where the practice happens.
Paul.