Black box thinking

why most people never learn from their mistakes--but some do

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Matthew Syed: Black box thinking (2015, Portfolio/Penguin)

322 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2015 by Portfolio/Penguin.

ISBN:
978-1-59184-822-6
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OCLC Number:
926313134

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4 stars (8 reviews)

"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.

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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!

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Subjects

  • Errors
  • Failure (Psychology)
  • Success