Shit Doesn't Just Happen: Shit Doesn't Just Happen : Titanic, Kegworth, Custer, Schoolhouse, Donner, Tulips, Apollo 13: The Gift of Failure (Series #1) (Paperback)

from Helcura

This book is not well-written and if a copy editor passed within 20 miles of it, I'd be surprised. It is, however, very interesting. Mayer takes a number of historic disasters and evaluates the "cascade" of decisions that lead to the final irrevocable outcome. His choices of critical decisions ar...

from MathieuPerona

While I agree with the general message of the book (imagining events that could lead to a catastrophe and assessing the potential damage of such events is my job description), I feel the book somewhat under-delivers. Firstly, I felt the author devotes too much time convincing the reader to read t...

from sgtbigg

Things happen for a reason, the Titanic didn't just sink. A former Green Beret, Mayer explains what went wrong and what you can do to minimize risk in your own life. Not a bad book, but not great either.

from magicians_nephew

When I requested the book from LT I thought it was going to be more of a "History" book - a history of catastrophe - which might have been perhaps more interesting. But this book seems to come down in the area of "Self Improvement" or maybe "Project Management Best Practices" - which is frankly n...

from LibStaff2

An easy read that's one part entertaining and one part informative. Most sections in the book discuss a commonly-known catastrophe and the events leading up to each (I admit that I was not familiar with one of these catastrophes). The author also includes steps to avoid many disasters, calling on...