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A usable practice
The fire safety governance story works because it became usable, not because of its size. That is the part to emulate, and the part most plans manage to lose somewhere between the slide and the street.
Sequencing matters
One lesson: sequence the renovation by risk, not by convenience. Doing the easy part first can leave the dangerous part unaddressed, and the schedule looks fine right up until the incident.
Stable locally
In Yantai we order work from the highest risk and review after each stage. Stable sequencing beats a fast but fragile sprint that impresses the meeting and then quietly falls apart under load.
Resist the pressure to spread thin. A few sites fixed in the right order protect more lives than many sites touched superficially, and the record will show which choice actually mattered. Order by risk, not convenience. The renovation that fixes the dangerous part first protects more than the one that looks busy everywhere and leaves the real hazard untouched until the schedule pretends it is done.