What is your DO NOTHING cost ?

Elasticity will be the new Mantra of corporate If something this COVID19 taught every corporate it is need for elasticity. It is always there but we never felt pressing need for it. Every company has a fair understanding on how much it costs to scale up X% or scaled down Y%. But no company ever needed to calculate the need for "Do NOTHING". What will be the cost of operation if we are in DO NOTHING mode ? Whether it is small business or big business now there should be a DO NOTHING (pandemic) clause. Like the US and China trade agreement have a clause, if there is a pandemic this trade agreement is NULL and VOID. What is the minimum cost you have to bear if there is no revenue source and how long you can sustain. Every financial adviser tells you to keep 3-6 months expenses in savings. Like that every company should know the DO NOTHING cost and keep that as cash flow. Just like stress test for banks each corporate need to test this new financial standard. In the ...