This article discusses catastrophic failure and its impact on organizations. It builds on Nicholas Taleb's concept of the Black Swan, Max Bazerman and Michael Watkins' concept of Predictable Surprises and Jim Collins' Stage Three Marker of Failure 鈥 Denial of Risk and Peril. The article ...
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He then concluded—correctly this time—that he had probably just had a catastrophic air supply failure. The next few thoughts, actions and decisions came quickly one after the other. He looked at his pressure gauge, which was already down to 100 bar and falling fast. He could actually see...
The SD for RPEDC thickness in the central ETDRS subfield was found to be an important predictor across models, meaning that higher values for the SD for the central RPEDC thickness were associated with a greater need for injections. In terms of estimations, all models predicted more injections...
Chasing Alpha: An Ideological Explanation of the Catastrophic Failure in the U.K.'s Financial Services Industry Chapter 5. Corporate Governance, Risk Analysis, and the Financial Crisis: Did Universal Owners Contribute to the Crisis? Chapter 6. Great Expectations: Institutional Investors, Executive ...
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This pandemic has made innovation more important than ever before. It’s time for young, smart, well-educated arts managers to infuse their organizations with fresh knowledge from outside sources, and to circumvent the efforts of well-meaning but inert leaders to stop them. ...
of the cause of adult historical events must first of all include the formation of the historical personalities involved. including their formation during childhood. The scientific meaning of the question “What caused America?” thus turns out to be similar to that of...
it helps to identify a decrease in testing coverage, and last but not least it highlights testing mismatches: by looking at colored code coverage reports you may notice, for example, code areas that are never tested like catch clauses (meaning that tests only invoke the happy paths and not ...
their attention, even when looking right at them. They could tell that other “stuff” was happening on the screen, but many were unaware of the meaning or substance of that stuff. Have you ever been paying attention to something so closely you missed another event in the background? Or ...