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Financial Times' best business books of the year, 2018 'Endlessly
fascinating, brimming with insight, and more fun than a book about
failure has any right to be.' - Charles Duhigg, author of The Power
of Habit What can we learn from our most disastrous failures? An
accidental overdose in a state-of-the-art hospital. The Starbucks
publicity stunt that spectacularly backfired. The mix-up at the
2017 Oscars ceremony. As technology rapidly advances, it brings
with it an explosion of complexity that can trip us up. Meltdown
uses real-life examples to reveal how errors in thinking,
perception, and design lie behind both our everyday mistakes and
our most terrifying disasters. It reveals how a five-minute
exercise can prevent billion-dollar catastrophes, why teams with
fewer experts are better at managing risk, and why diversity is one
of our best safeguards against failure. This eye-opening book will
change the way you see our complex world - and your place within
it. 'Essential reading.' - Martin Ford, bestselling author of Rise
of the Robots
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018 BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES A groundbreaking
take on how complexity causes failure in all kinds of modern
systems--from social media to air travel--this practical and
entertaining book reveals how we can prevent meltdowns in business
and life "Endlessly fascinating, brimming with insight, and more
fun than a book about failure has any right to be, Meltdown will
transform how you think about the systems that govern our lives.
This is a wonderful book."--Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of
Habit and Smarter Faster Better A crash on the Washington, D.C.
metro system. An accidental overdose in a state-of-the-art
hospital. An overcooked holiday meal. Surprising new research shows
that all these events--and the myriad failures that dominate
headlines every day--share similar causes. By understanding what
lies behind these failures, we can design better systems, make our
teams more productive, and transform how we make decisions at work
and at home. Weaving together cutting-edge social science with
riveting stories that take us from the frontlines of the Volkswagen
scandal 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
creates conditions ripe for failure and why our brains and teams
can't keep up--with an emphasis on practical solutions. It's 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.
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