Controlling Risk Thirty Techniques for Operating Excellence [Paperback]

Controlling RiskIn A Dangerous World

How do operators prevent the next accident that is inevitably trying to kill them? How do they improve performance? Can they do both simultaneously?

On the front lines of danger, operators face hazards and make life-and-death decisions in dynamic, complex situations. They are the last line of defense trying to prevent death and destruction.

What happens if they dont succeed? After accidents, organizations typically issue new rules. These will workfor a whilein preventing similar accidents. But accidents are rarely simple. Hardware does not just break. A company may be blindsided by another accident that no one thought would occur. Investigators determine the latest catastrophe was tragically similar to a forgotten previous accident. Again, new rules are issued and procedures are updatedyet the cycle of accidents continues. Organizations, and operators, must need something more than rules and procedures.

Since the beginning of the space program, astronauts have been developing techniques to help flight crews stay alive and accomplish dangerous missions in the unforgiving environment of space. Astronautsand operators in every hazardous professionhave learned how to achieve better performance and accomplish more missions with higher quality.

InControlling Risk, you will learn how to operate better, work together, improve performance in your high-risk business, and accomplish much more in your dangerous world!

Jim Wetherbee, the only five-time Space Shuttle commander, presents thirty techniques that astronauts usenot only to stay alive in the unforgiving and deadly environment of space, but also to conduct high-quality operations and accomplish complex missions. These same techniques, based on the foundational principles of operating excellence, can help anyone be successful in high-hazard endeavors, ordinary business, and everyday life.Controlling Riskshows you hl3Y