Matthew Syed: Black box thinking (2015, Portfolio/Penguin)
322 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2015 by Portfolio/Penguin.
"Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it's safe to fail, "--Amazon.com.
"Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it's safe to fail, "--Amazon.com.
Really great read, interesting and full of lots of examples. Not a lot of new ideas but definitely interesting to learn more about biases, industries, individuals and how they learn, deal with failure and much more.
Really great read, interesting and full of lots of examples. Not a lot of new ideas but definitely interesting to learn more about biases, industries, individuals and how they learn, deal with failure and much more.
Failure is important – NAY – necessary! Also, the "blame game" is counterproductive to success. These are two of the main points of this book.
There is emphasis on communication and analysis that both need to be executed before blame is placed!
The book goes through several well known (and less so) cases that illustrate science, innovation, and persistence in success and failure both. I suspect that diehard creationists and noncreative thinkers are unlikely to like this book, but I personally think it has a lot of good points and considerations!
Failure is important – NAY – necessary! Also, the "blame game" is counterproductive to success. These are two of the main points of this book.
There is emphasis on communication and analysis that both need to be executed before blame is placed!
The book goes through several well known (and less so) cases that illustrate science, innovation, and persistence in success and failure both. I suspect that diehard creationists and noncreative thinkers are unlikely to like this book, but I personally think it has a lot of good points and considerations!
