It was under control.

Of course it was.

April 15, 2019.

Semana Santa, aka, Easter… again.

The most iconic cathedral in Europe.

Notre-Dame Cathedral

Under renovation.

Experts on site.

Protocols in place.

And then…

Fire.

Not a small one.

Not, it was not a “candela”… but a catastrophic one.

The roof gone.

The spire collapsing in front of the world.

Millions watching it live… with popcorns.

Oups…

This was not an abandoned building.

This was not chaos.

This was a controlled environment.

Or at least… that’s what everyone thought.

As usual.

Look, as I said yesterday, disasters don’t come from chaos.

They come from false control.

Everything was “managed”.

Until it wasn’t.

Now think about your world.

Your project.

Your investment.

Your deal.

You have:

Processes

Experts

Reports

Checklists

And that gives you comfort.

Dangerous comfort.

Because the real question is not:

“Is everything under control?”

But…

What are we missing?

Semana Santa, spring in Paris… oh, la, la.

People switching off.

Decisions delayed.

“Let’s deal with it next week.”

Fire doesn’t wait.

Neither do problems.

The biggest failures I’ve seen had one thing in common:

Nobody believed failure was possible.

Until it was.

And you don’t need a major mistake.

You need…

One blind spot

One assumption

One moment of inattention

That’s enough.

When stakes are high, you are paranoid.

Not emotional.

Not reactive.

Just aware that control is always partial.

So next time you hear:

“We’ve got this covered”

Pause.

Breath.

And ask:

Do we really?

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