# Meltdown

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- Authors: [Chris Clearfield](https://www.bookquiver.com/chris-clearfield), [Andras Tilcsik](https://www.bookquiver.com/andras-tilcsik)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2019-02-07

## Description

A Financial Times Business BOOK OF THE YEAR AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE HORIZON POST OFFICE SCANDAL ‘Endlessly fascinating, brimming with insight, and more fun than a book about failure has any right to be.’ – Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit An accidental overdose in a state-of-the-art hospital. The Starbucks publicity stunt that spectacularly backfired. The mix-up at the 2017 Oscars ceremony. As technology rapidly advances, it brings with it an explosion of complexity that can trip us up. Meltdown uses real-life examples to reveal how errors in thinking, perception, and design lie behind both our everyday mistakes and our most terrifying disasters. It reveals how a five-minute exercise can prevent billion-dollar catastrophes, why teams with fewer experts are better at managing risk, and why diversity is one of our best safeguards against failure. This eye-opening book will change the way you see our complex world – and your place within it. ‘Essential reading’ Martin Ford, bestselling author of Rise of the Robots

## Editions

### Meltdown

- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-07-3522-265-6
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2019-03-19
- Language: en_US

### Meltdown

- Publisher: atlantic_books
- ISBN: 978-17-8649-226-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2019-02-07
- Language: en_GB

### Meltdown

- Publisher: atlantic_books
- ISBN: 978-17-8649-224-1
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2018-04-05
- Language: en_GB