Failure - is it a matter of when?

Summary

'When problems occur we hunt for a single root cause, that one broken piece or person to hold accountable. Our analyses of complex system breakdowns remains linear, componential and reductive.'

This is evident in healthcare.

Barry O’Reilly is a business advisor, entrepreneur and author who has pioneered the intersection of business model innovation, product development, organisational design and culture transformation. In this blog he discusses the 'drift into failure', i.e. we had the warning signs but accepted them as the norm.