An explanation of why and how, with our high intelligence and vast knowledge, humans continue to make catastrophic mistakes is accompanied by a concise handbook on how to 'go right.'

Product Description: Why do we make mistakes? Are there certain errors common to failure, whether in a complex enterprise or daily life? In this truly indispensable book, Dietrich Dörner identifies what he calls the “logic of failure”—certain tendencies in our patterns of thought that, while appropriate to an older, simpler world, prove disastrous for the complex world we live in now...read more