Rahm Emanuel, the former Mayor of Chicago and former White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, has a line that he often repeats: “Never allow a good crisis to go to waste.” When I first heard him make that statement, I thought this is what occurs in the codes and standards profession all of the time. Any crisis results in code changes. The bigger the crisis, the more code changes.
We are in the midst of one of the greatest crises in my lifetime, COVID-19. I thought by now, coronavirus would be on the downturn. Boy, was I wrong! Things seem to be getting worse rather than better.