A successful planner must be curious. The planner must be interested in what the business functions are doing and how to protect those functions. Off the wall thinker It helps if the planner keeps up with the news. Now that may seem an unusual requirement, but it is valid. For example, this planner once was sitting in the smallest room in the house reading a Reader's Digest article on influenza.
Nothing happens in Phoenix - it is one of the safest places in the country.
That's true, really. But one major electronics company put up an air lock because of wind-driven dust. But the real hazard in Phoenix is heat. Every business is air conditioned and most have sealed windows. No AC, the employees go home.