If there is one big takeaway from the world’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak so far, it is that we have been too slow: too slow in preparing for the virus, too slow in reacting to its spread, and too slow in putting in place lockdowns. At the same time, you need to plan ahead for the structural changes it will trigger in many industries, which will present both significant challenges and opportunities. The current pandemic, with its unparalleled scale, complexity, and severity, requires a unique playbook and new operating models. Developed over millennia to handle the most demanding emergencies in human history, it is a system of response that goes well beyond the crisis team you have likely already established in your organization. Military-command structure-the management system used by armed forces during major conflicts-is a framework explicitly set up to handle issues that represent true danger and that escalate at an enormous and unpredictable pace. In a time of crisis, there is a premium on bold leadership and decisive action. Military commanders are accustomed to operating under a fog of uncertainty and great time pressure and to making myriad decisions with fateful consequences-some tactical, for winning a battle, and some strategic, for winning a war. These are two massive fronts, evolving at exponential speed, and no one has more experience in responding to such conditions than professional military leaders do. In these warlike conditions, the battlefront is moving fast from safeguarding our lives to safeguarding our livelihoods. It threatens our lives and is destroying our economies. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in lockdowns in many communities, taking away our freedom of movement and assembly. The world today can make us feel like we are living under occupation.
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