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Even the best-run companies can get blindsided by disasters they should have anticipated. This book shows you how to minimize your risk by understanding and lowering the psychological, organizational, and political barriers preventing you from foreseeing calamity.
Predictable Surprises
the disasters you should have seen coming, and how to prevent them
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2008
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781422122877 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1422122875 |
| Series: | Leadership for the Common Good |
| Author: | Max H. Bazerman, Michael Watkins |
| Publisher: | Harvard Business Review Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard Business Review Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2008 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 139mm |
About The Author
Max H. Bazerman
Max H. Bazerman is the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Michael D. Watkins is Professor of General Management at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, and co-founder of Genesis Advisers, a leadership development company.
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