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Vaughan's book gave a detailed account of the Challenger shuttle disaster and the organizational failures that led to it.
My first recommendation is the Challenger Launch Decision by Diane Vaughn. So you know when we think about our behaviors... Diane Vaughn is the person who identified the idea that we slowly accept non...
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Vaughan's book gave a detailed account of the Challenger shuttle disaster and the organizational failures that led to it.
My first recommendation is the Challenger Launch Decision by Diane Vaughn. So you know when we think about our behaviors... Diane Vaughn is the person who identified the idea that we slowly accept nonnormal behaviors as being normal, so this book is a fascinating account and analysis of the Challenger Shuttle disaster in 1986.
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Ezra Klein recommended The Challenger Launch Decision, describing it as a fascinating account of the Challenger shuttle disaster and a warning about normalizing risky behavior.
So my first recommendation is The Challenger Launch Decision by Diane Vaughan.
It's a fascinating account and analysis of the Challenger shuttle disaster in 1986, and it serves as a warning about how we slowly expand our bounds of what is normal.