We tend to think of tragedies as a single terrible moment, rather than the result of multiple bad decisions. Can this pattern be reversed? We try — with stories about wildfires, school shootings, and love.
RESOURCES
- Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, by Amy Edmondson (2023).
- "Michigan School Shooter Is Found Eligible for Life Sentence Without Parole," by Stephanie Saul and Dana Goldstein (The New York Times, 2023).
- "How Fire Turned Lahaina Into a Death Trap," by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Serge F. Kovaleski, Shawn Hubler, and Riley Mellen (The New York Times, 2023).
- The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic, by Jillian Peterson and James Densley (2021).
- "I Was Almost A School Shooter," by Aaron Stark (TEDxBoulder, 2018).
EXTRAS
SOURCES:
- Amy Edmondson, professor of leadership management at Harvard Business School.
- Helen Fisher, senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute and chief science advisor to Match.com.
- Ed Galea, founding director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group at the University of Greenwich.
- Gary Klein, cognitive psychologist and pioneer in the field of naturalistic decision making.
- David Riedman, founder of the K-12 School Shooting Database.
- Aaron Stark, assistant manager at Kum & Go and keynote speaker.
- John Van Reenen, professor at the London School of Economics.
