How New Business Policies Are Created

Ever wonder how new organization policies come to be. They’re usually a result of a mishap, an error, or result of a lawsuit.

I write this from my hotel room near the Grand Rapids Airport. I just spent the last few days with the Michigan Recreation and Parks Association; speaking at their Therapeutic Recreation Institute. This trip resulted in the following new policy being put in place in my business:

If you’ve been reading this blog you read Wednesday’s post where I thought I was going to die in a plane crash. Well a few hours later I was almost killed in a car accident.

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I was picked up at Grand Rapids Airport for the ride to the conference center. About 20 minutes into the ride we’re having conversation which suddenly turns to me screaming “Uh, STOP! We’re gonna crash” (or something like that) and using the imaginary brake on my side of the car. 

I saw the stopped traffic and brake lights ahead of me. Why didn’t the driver? As I’m screaming it seems as if we’re speeding up not slowing down. Lots of pain is about to be incurred. Eyes closed. Tensing muscles.

Finally he starts to brake. I open my eyes. It is clear that there is not enough stopping distance between us and the car in front.

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Fortunately there was no one in the closed lane next to us. My driver pulled over and we escaped serious injury or death. Fortunately I was also not presenting until the next day; I needed that time to get my heart out of my stomach and stop trembling.

Now this is the second time where a client trying to be nice or save a few bucks almost took my life. I usually like to spend some alone time with meeting/conference attendees beforehand, so when someone is sent to pick me up I use it as an opportunity to get the REAL DIRT about what’s going on in their world. This all changed as of Wednesday. From now on………………..

Fun Policy #92309: Speaker will provide his own ride! Should you wish to greet speaker at airport, speaker encourages you to leave your car at the airport and ride with him (at your expense). Should speaker arrive late or dead for your conference it will be as a result of speaker’s actions; not yours. Speaker is also willing to drive your car.

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