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Meltdown: Why Our System Fail and What We Can Do About It
A crash on the Washington, D.C., metro system. An accidental overdose in a state-of -the art hospital. An overcooked holiday meal. At first glance, these disasters seem to have little in common. But surprising new research shows that all these events share similar causes. By understanding what lies hebind these failures, we can design better systems, make our teams more productive, and transform how we make dicisions at work and at home. rnrnWeaving together cutting-edge social science with riveting stories that take us from the front lines of the Volkswagen scandel to backstage at the Oscars, and from deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico to the top of Mount Everest, Chris Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik explain how the increasing complexity of our systems have given us new capabilities, they've become vulnerable to meltdown - and even to corruption and misconduct.rnrnBut Meltdown isn't just about failure; it's about solutions. It reveals why ugly design make us safer, how a five -minute exercise can prevent billion-dollar catastrophes, why teams with fewer experts arae better at managing risk, and why diversitu is one of our best safeguards against failure. The result is an eye-opening, empowering , and entirely original book - one that will change the way you see our complex world and your own place in it.rnrnThis engaging, evidence-based book sheds light on why blunders and bankruptcies happen - how you can et better at desgning systems to prevent them."rn- Adam Grant, author of Originals ang coauthor of Option B.rnrn"Meltdoen is essential reading for any leader. We are all human. We all make mistakes. But in complex, whirlwind enviroments, those mistakes can spiral quickly out of control. this book can help."rn- Anne Marie Slaughter, author of Unfinished Business.rnrnChris Clearfield is a former derivaties trader who worked in New York, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. He is a licensed commercial pilot and has weitten about complexity and failure for The Guardian, Forbes, and the Harvar Kennedy School Review. He lives in Seattle.rnrnAndras Tilcsik teaches at the University of Totonto's Rotman School of Management, and the United Nations nemed his course on organizational failure the best bourse on disaster risk management in a business school. He lives in Toronto."
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