Lessons learned in blood
Why we fail to use near-misses to prevent man-made disasters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21428355 |
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| Authors | Catherine H Tinsley (0000-0002-8586-0776, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 137-141 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0096-3402 • E-ISSN: 1938-3282 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00963402.2023.2199565 |
| OpenAlex | W4375852239 |
| Language | EN |
Many, if not most, man-made disasters are preceded by near-misses, where something goes awry but lucky circumstances prevent things from going truly and irreparably wrong. Organizations can learn from these near-misses and make changes necessary to prevent future disasters, but often they do not. This can sometimes be the fault of dysfunctional leadership, but there are also more basic psychological factors at work
Business · Dysfunctional family · Forensic engineering · Law and economics · Near miss · Political science · Psychotherapist · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics) · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · History · Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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