When engineers discuss risk, they tend to use a language that is almost robotic and void of human detail. The Boeing 737 MAX tragedy was labeled a common mode failure. No one asked the simple question, if a bird snaps off the angle of attack sensor, what will the plane do? How do we begin to improve how language is used to describe scenarios?
Best-selling author, scientist, and trailblazer in autism research, Dr. Temple Grandin’s new book “Visual Thinking” draws on cutting-edge research and her own lived experience to reframe the conversation on neurodiversity and different types of thinkers.