Exercise 1.1: Black Swan Autopsy

Black Swan Resilience and Organizational Continuity · 3:29

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[Verse 1]
March twenty-twenty, the world stood still
COVID lockdowns hit like an avalanche
Airlines grounded, hotels empty
Supply chains broken, businesses can't dance
First came health, then travel fell
Restaurants closed, retail in hell

[Chorus]
Black swan autopsy, cut it open wide
Map the cascade, sector by sector divide
Four industries minimum, trace every line
Foreseeable or novel, mark them in time
Hours to months, years down the road
Black swan autopsy breaks the code

[Verse 2]
Manufacturing stalled without the parts
Technology boomed while entertainment died
Construction halted, finance got smart
Real estate shifted, education tried
Some saw it coming, work from home
Others blindsided, left alone

[Chorus]
Black swan autopsy, cut it open wide
Map the cascade, sector by sector divide
Four industries minimum, trace every line
Foreseeable or novel, mark them in time
Hours to months, years down the road
Black swan autopsy breaks the code

[Verse 3]
Suez Canal blocked by Ever Given
Shipping delayed, oil prices spike
Global trade rhythm suddenly riven
Agriculture, retail, nothing alike
Six days of chaos, months to clear
Some impacts lasted half a year

[Bridge]
Document the timeline, mark each phase
Hours, days, weeks, months in the maze
Which ones you could have seen before
Which ones came knocking at your door
Business continuity needs this view
Black swan patterns coming through

[Chorus]
Black swan autopsy, cut it open wide
Map the cascade, sector by sector divide
Four industries minimum, trace every line
Foreseeable or novel, mark them in time
Hours to months, years down the road
Black swan autopsy breaks the code

[Verse 4]
Silicon Valley Bank went down so fast
Tech startups scrambling for their cash
What seemed stable didn't last
Banking sector felt the crash
Venture capital, payroll freeze
Ripples spreading overseas

[Outro]
Choose your black swan, trace its flight
Map every impact, day and night
Four sectors minimum, that's your task
Time horizons, that's what we ask
Black swan autopsy, learn the way
For business continuity's new day

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