When fears of the virus strike, let the music play on

Singapore Symphony Orchestra concerts are an essential part of life, and that's why it continued playing right through the coronavirus outbreak season

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The past month is now a blur. The flurry of news. Waking up each morning to a new twist. Trying to make sense of a strange new disease.

I encountered numerous crisis simulations and case studies in previous jobs and in business school, but when a real evolving "unknown" hits, it's still never the same. One pushes away an instinctive fear of the unknown by grabbing at processes, tools, data and anything that forces rational thinking to develop plans.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 25, 2020, with the headline When fears of the virus strike, let the music play on. Subscribe