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Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do by Matthew Syed
nunechri's review against another edition
3.0
Was expecting more from the book. I felt it was boring and I’m not sure I learned anything
bookbrowsingblog's review against another edition
I don't rate non-fiction so here is a quick review!
The overall concept of this was really interesting, I especially enjoyed the focus on how mistakes are reported and acted upon to inform future events! The fact that in so many industries mistakes are hidden for fear of getting in trouble is terrifying, and I feel I also learnt from a personal development perspective that making mistakes and learning from them isn't a bad thing, but is in fact incredibly important and the quickest and easiest way to learn!
Overall I would recommend this, but I did feel that the last 100 pages or so got very repetitive and felt a little redundant! The same case studies were used repeatedly and not much extra value was being drawn from them at the end!
The overall concept of this was really interesting, I especially enjoyed the focus on how mistakes are reported and acted upon to inform future events! The fact that in so many industries mistakes are hidden for fear of getting in trouble is terrifying, and I feel I also learnt from a personal development perspective that making mistakes and learning from them isn't a bad thing, but is in fact incredibly important and the quickest and easiest way to learn!
Overall I would recommend this, but I did feel that the last 100 pages or so got very repetitive and felt a little redundant! The same case studies were used repeatedly and not much extra value was being drawn from them at the end!
izzysilverausten's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic book! "Learn from failure" is a cliche phrase used by everyone but this book illustrates excellently that the cliche phrase is still not practiced as much as it is said, and Syed illustrated the devastating consequences of not learning from failure. The learning points in this book are applicable in every point of life, business, organisation and government. A must read if you wish to have betterment in your life.
Syed beautifully and systematically wrote out the examples and case studies. There is no section of the book that bores me. My favourite part of the book is about cognitive dissonance and the remarkable (almost unbelievable but true) horrible effects it has on our society.
Syed beautifully and systematically wrote out the examples and case studies. There is no section of the book that bores me. My favourite part of the book is about cognitive dissonance and the remarkable (almost unbelievable but true) horrible effects it has on our society.
elcombo's review against another edition
4.0
Really great read, interesting and full of lots of examples. Not a lot of new ideas but definitely interesting to learn more about biases, industries, individuals and how they learn, deal with failure and much more.
guyc's review against another edition
5.0
Thought provoking and actionable
Fail fast and don’t sweat about it, learn from it - that’s the conclusion you’ll come to from this book but the substance and intelligence Syed applies to the principle is a joy. He communicates real life events - some tragic - with sensitivity but never flinched from the facts and what can be gained from them. I can already think of ways in which this book is going to change my outlook and I recommend it heartily.
Fail fast and don’t sweat about it, learn from it - that’s the conclusion you’ll come to from this book but the substance and intelligence Syed applies to the principle is a joy. He communicates real life events - some tragic - with sensitivity but never flinched from the facts and what can be gained from them. I can already think of ways in which this book is going to change my outlook and I recommend it heartily.
saspist's review against another edition
5.0
Intro to Human Factors with clear example case histories from medicine and aviation.