Dissecting the reason for the collapse of Thailand's water management system
The flood problem is repeated by the collapse of the flood command system, because executives come from lines rather than expertise, the interests of politicians and civil servants, including modular work.
The Thai flood was not only a natural disaster, but reflected the institutional weakness of the water bureaucracy, which began with a long-twisted "people and corporate culture," summing up four key areas:
1. People and corporate culture
- Appoint executives with lines rather than expertise → misinformation from source, slow command, don't believe field experts
- Executives are incompatible → do not share information, delay notification
- Move the KNOWER in the middle of the crisis → The enterprise lost the compass. Academic vacuum.
- The "adult considerate" culture → dare not report. Do not dare to order an evacuation.
- Focus on image rather than real work → Take down the photo space instead of command in the War Room.
2. Warped bureaucratic structure
- Discrete policy. Change executive frequency → The system is not in place.
- Internal communication failed → Dare not send Critical Bulletin
- Cross-agency coordination, no → different sets of data. Crackles. Slow command.
- Thailand does not have a Common Operating Picture → Prime Minister-Governor does not see the same information.
3. Data and techniques are weak.
- Flood Intelligence does not work → misassessment. The city sank even less than 100 mm of rain.
- Lack of real-time Radar, Hydrology model, Flood routing → Slow decision.
- The real data was sent through the group line → Who typed before the noise? That data won.
- The knowers are barred. The new ones have no basis. Hydrology-Meteorology → Early Warning is but not used.
4. Politics and interests dominate
- Some executives are more interested in project-budget than public safety.
- The budget flows to the road-kandin rather than Flood Intelligence or Data Infrastructure.
- The water command structure has "two centers" → different sets of commands. There is no Unified Command.
- Big House-Local Network Control Water Area → Some Unsolvable Points
- The Thai water system has become "information politics, technical interests."
[Conclusion]
The Thai water system collapsed from the inside.
- The appointed man doesn't know.
- People who know the truth are not used.
- The bureaucracy is slow and intermittent.
- Misinformation from the origin.
- Big politics dominates at all levels.
This is an institutional collapse that has left the country unable to cope with disasters, even just heavy seasonal rains.
