Leading to Disaster
1st Edition
Published on 8. November 2021
134 pages
978-1-80227-207-9 (ISBN)
Description
Leading to Disaster is an absorbing book which takes a view of some high-profile disasters through a different lens. In this book, the focus is not on the individual who parked a vehicle in the wrong place or did not close a watertight door, but the failures of leaders. Drawing upon an array of well-known disasters, together with the insights from over 22 years of experience in senior leadership roles in high-hazard environments, Scott Macaulay tells the story of how leaders cause accidents.
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Incident Summaries
- Piper Alpha
- Nimrod XV230
- King's Cross
- Herald of Free Enterprise
- Imperial Sugar
- Texas City Refinery
- Three Mile Island
- Airgas Florida
- DuPont La Porte
- Columbia
- Deepwater Horizon
- Chapter 2 Are You Sure?
- Unintended Consequences
- Cost-Cutting
- Chapter 3 Someone Should Have Done Something About That
- Chapter 4 Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil
- Chapter 5 The Perfect Place
- Chapter 6 The Disease of Sloppiness
- Conclusion
