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Predictable Surprises (Center for Public Leadership) - Softcover

Bazerman, Max H; Watkins, Michael

 
9781422122877: Predictable Surprises (Center for Public Leadership)

Synopsis

Most events that catch us by surprise are both predictable and preventable, but we consistently miss the warning signs. This book shows why such predictable surprises place us all at risk and shows how we can understand, anticipate, and prevent them before disaster strikes.

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Review

"[S]ubstantial...leaving the reader no excuse not to deal with all those foreseeable, predictable, avoidable surprises." -- Financial Times, 1 December, 2004

Synopsis

Even the best-run companies can get blindsided by disasters they should have anticipated. These predictable surprises range from financial scandals to operational disruptions, from organizational upheavals to product failures. In "Predictable Surprises", Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins show you how to minimize your risk by understanding and lowering the psychological, organizational, and political barriers preventing you from foreseeing calamity. They then describe the powerful tools - including incentives and formal coalitions - that business leaders can use to ferret out and fend off threats invisible to insiders. Failure see what's coming exposes your company to predictable surprises. Given the stakes involved, this book should count among every business leader's most trusted resources.

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9781591391784: Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming, and How to Prevent Them

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ISBN 10:  1591391784 ISBN 13:  9781591391784
Publisher: Harvard Business School Pr, 2004
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