Within Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” he highlights that between stimulus and response there is a gap within which we have the opportunity to choose. Recognising the gap and taking time to consider response options and implications makes sense. However, there is an associated question – how much time is it reasonable to take between stimulus and response?

Last night – by chance - I watched BBC Question Time followed by the second part of the Sky Documentary series covering the Challenger disaster. Whilst I hadn’t expected to connect the two, I found myself thinking about the parallels as the presentation progressed.