Flirting with disaster : why accidents are rarely accidental /
"Despite warnings of impending disaster, preemptive action is rarely taken by those who have the ability to do so. How do smart, high-powered people, leaders of global corporations, national institutions, even nations, often get it so wrong? While most investigations focus on the technical caus...
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New York :
Union Square Press,
c2008
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Table of Contents:
- The bystanders among us
- Human biases and distortions
- Understanding uncertainty : why did so many people bet against Katrina?
- Space Shuttle Challenger : cold, warm, and hot causes of disasters
- Chernobyl, faulty design, and the interplay of humans and technology
- The Vioxx disaster and BP : the seduction of profits
- When all the backups failed : how American F-15s accidentally shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawks
- Butterfly wings and stone heads : how complexity influences catastrophe in policy decisions
- The collapse of Arthur Andersen : the role of organizational culture
- When countries go bankrupt : the prisoner's dilemma writ large
- What have we learned? What can we do?
- Advice for leaders