Avoid Decreasing Security
I am the first one to admit that there is a serious mathematical flaw in the Stress Equation that we need to address—mainly to calm the engineers. Lack of security can itself be a major source of stress. When we are vulnerable to other people’s whims and behavior, or if the company is doing badly and we fear losing our job, that is a stress multiplier.
This is not taken into account mathematically in the model, but the questions we need to ask ourselves are still captured in the security variable. Remember, the equation is not meant to be taken literally but to be used as a visualization for analysis and discussion.
The reason for using it as the denominator is to highlight the importance of raising security and think ...
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