Predictable Surprises: The Disasters you Should Have Seen Coming, and How to Prevent Them
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Predictable Surprises: The Disasters you Should Have Seen Coming, and How to Prevent Them
By (Author) Max H. Bazerman
By (author) Michael Watkins
Harvard Business Review Press
Harvard Business Review Press
1st May 2008
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
658.403
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 139mm, Height 210mm
Description
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.
Author Bio
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.
