How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update)

We tend to think of tragedies as a single terrible moment, rather than the result of multiple bad decisions. Can this pattern be reversed? We try — with stories about wildfires, school shootings, and love. (Part one of a four-part series .) SOURCES: Amy Edmondson , professor of leadership management at Harvard Business School. Helen Fisher , former senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute and former chief science advisor to Match.com. Ed Galea , founding director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group at the University of Greenwich. Gary Klein , cognitive psychologist and pioneer in the field of naturalistic decision making. David Riedman , founder of the K-12 School Shooting Database. Aaron Stark , head cashier at Lowe's and keynote speaker. John Van Reenen , professor at the London School of Economics. RESOURCES: " Ethan Crumbley: Parents of Michigan school gunman sentenced to at least 10 years ," by Brandon Drenon (New York Times, 2024). Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well , by Amy Edmondson (2023). " How Fire Turned Lahaina Into a Death Trap ," by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Serge F. Kovaleski, Shawn Hubler, and Riley Mellen ( The New York Times, 2023). The Viole…