Signal Line Protection, Chapter 5, Stitch In Time, 5M Leadership

Signal Integrity
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In 2008, TEPCO engineers calculated that a 15.7-metre tsunami could destroy the plant. They presented the study to management. Three years later, a 14-metre wave arrived. These interactive resources trace exactly what happened and why.

EpisodeThe Study They Buried
FrameworkSignal Line Protection
Resources5 interactive tools
I.S. Matthew
I.S. Matthew — 5M Leadership
Reference visuals
The Fukushima story in five interactive tools
Built for the episode. Use them alongside the video, share them independently, or bring them into a presentation. All data sourced from the National Diet of Japan investigation.
Interactive
Act 1, Timeline
2008 to 2011
Seven nodes tracing three years of delay from the completed study to the moment the wave arrived.
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Interactive
Act 2, Sequence
Meltdown Sequence
41 minutes from earthquake to tsunami. 8 hours of battery power. Three reactor meltdowns across four days.
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Interactive
Act 3, Pathway
TEPCO Decision Pathway
Three mechanisms, cost sensitivity, regulatory capture, diffuse accountability, traced through every gate.
Trace →
Interactive
Act 2, Human cost
Evacuation Zone Map
154,000 people. Three expanding zones. Four days. Step through each evacuation order and its human toll.
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Framework
Act 4, Solution
Signal Line Protection
The three structural elements that create a protected pathway for inconvenient truths to reach decision authority.
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Signal Integrity Diagnostic
Assess your own organization's signal architecture. Receive a personalized report in 4 minutes.
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Case Study, 3 resources
Nokia, 2007 to 2011
Nokia and Signal Line Protection
Three formats, one mechanism. Play the simulation, read the signal autopsy, or scroll through four years of parallel documents. All drawn from the peer-reviewed academic record.
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"Did not take any substantive measures in response to this assessment."
National Diet of Japan Investigation, 2012, on TEPCO's response to the 2008 tsunami study
Assessment tools
Apply the framework to your organization
Two AI-powered tools built on the Signal Line Protection framework. Takes 4 to 5 minutes each.
8-question diagnostic
Signal Integrity Diagnostic
Assess your signal pathway across the three mechanisms that killed the TEPCO study. Receive a personalized Signal Integrity Report with three prioritized actions.
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Dashboard builder
Risk Roundtable Builder
Input your organization's signal data and receive a personalized Risk Roundtable dashboard, the quarterly governance tool introduced in the episode.
Build your dashboard →
Before the Fracture, Episode 6
The Study They Buried
Fukushima Daiichi, 2008 to 2011, Signal Line Protection
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Decision Rights Resources → Talent Flow Resources →
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