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Podcast: New Books in Business, Management, and Marketing
Episode: Chris Clearfield and AndrĂĄs Tilcsik, âMeltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About Itâ (Penguin, 2018)
Description: How can we learn from large system failures? In their new book Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It (Penguin Press, 2018), Chris Clearfield and Andrås Tilcsik explore system failures and what we can learn from them. The book takes readers through a diverse set of experiences and accidents that may not appear on the surface to be related, but that all have similar problems and potential solutions. From DC Metro Train accidents to Three Mile Island, Clearfield and Tilcsik provide background and analysis on each issue, stringing together recurring issues within systems failures. Hi...