"In the face of a pandemic flu about 1/3 of employees might have to stay home. That could be your CEO."
"There are 4 things to consider 1) You’ve go to figure out what you want to accomplish – 2) how are you going to communicate with your employees and 3) how are you going to communicate with your employees and 4) how are you going to be able to keep inventories up."
Here are additional results from the Deloitte & Touche survey of businesses:
- 66 percent of respondents said their company had not adequately planned to protect itself from a pandemic flu outbreak, while 14 percent said they had adequately planned and 20 percent were undecided.
- 58 percent said they are not confident their company is prepared to manage a pandemic flu outbreak, while 18 percent said they are confident they are prepared and 24 percent were undecided.
- 73 percent said their company could use help understanding what it should do to plan for a pandemic flu outbreak, while 14 percent said they did not need help and 13 percent were undecided.
- 39 percent believed there wasn’t much a company could do to prepare itself for a pandemic flu outbreak, while 41 percent disagreed with that statement and 20 percent were undecided.
FYI: Thompson is apparently considering running for U.S. president in 2008. He said he started an exploratory committee to look into running--and says he plans to spend time in Iowa.