My class was shown this video in college. One of my classmates, who was South African, was amused by it, calling it 'the most British video ever'. Laura if you ever read this, you rock!
Simon prepared for the surge and inadequacies in power supply to ensure that kettles kept boiling in Britain. He made provision for stand by in other countries to generate huge powers and also had the French link. He could take decisions easily because he made preparations and his timing was perfect. Simon's strategy could be adapted in performance management to ensure continuity. It looks like succession planning in the management of humans to ensure their is no gap that could negatively affect performance. Great work. Behind the scene hassles indeed.
"Brits love tea so much that the electricity supply might collapse if the National Grid doesn't plan for an event where everyone makes tea at once." How would you like your facts, on a scale of one to British? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Planning, adequate preparation for possible business disruptions, taking control, quick thinking, team work, acute attention to details, having the right work tools, being able to visualize data, having the right competence (knowledge, skills and ability) to act in times of crisis, collectively form the hallmark of this video.
adequate preparation for possible business disruptions, taking control, quick thinking, team work, acute attention to details, having the right work tools, being able to visualize data, having the right competence to act in times of crisis, collectively form the hallmark of this video.
A captivating video of the efforts and timely decisions behind keeping the kettles boiling in Britain to generate power electricity. Simon is responsible for that and I give him credits for his excellent preparation and readiness in managing risks as well as setting an example of performance management to ensure business continuity and achieve the desired result. He showed a quick response to avoid business disruptions and he successfully managed to control the incident with the French link to keep the frequency indicator as close as possible to 50 Hertz and ensure there is enough power in the National Grid to be on scale and not to drop off scale. Also not to have too much as it could shoot to the other side so the target is within a range. An important consideration behind his success was judging the timing perfectly regardless of the schedule concerns from the others. He acted as a leader and constantly sent out instructions to solve the problem and get more hydroelectric plan so that the supply will head back into the safe zone. Mainly, Simon managed to get the delicate balance of electricity supply and he keeps a million kettles boiling across the country. - Khalid Nour
How can it be automated ., If a TV program can end at the wrong time? Think about a football match, could end at 90 minutes. Could have stoppage time, extra time , penalties etc. You need a human for all that, you can't automate it..
thats not the ind of job you want to be doing all your life, my god it must be very very stressful, id be having a bloody heart attack every time the frequency spiked !!!
Funny how there was a dramatic problem for the cameras that was near disaster, resolved using a simple backup that was there ready. Then pretty much the exact same sequence happening in the U.S version of this documentary at their grid control room
Eastenders has finished, shovel in the coal guys! I'd thought they'd be watching the voltage sag but it's the frequency that gives you the best indicator of how stiff the generators are to turn.
This is what im trying to find out myself. Why is it done manually and how is the power regulated. Why dont they use algorithms to learn then act accodingly. I also want to know what happens when a power station receives a request is it a man on a control switch or is it remotly operated.
all that effort for eastenders....... if only they didn't give in to demand,, then people would stop watching eastenders as powercuts would happen at that time, then our energy bills would lower.
@@TimpBizkit if the grid frequency dropped below about 49.2 Hz. It would black the whole country out. And a black start could take many hours or even days to get everything running again.
