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Amplifying Weak Signals

Tom Geraghty · Safety & Human Error, Interpersonal Practice

Examines how organisations can surface and act on early warning signals before they become crises. Uses Perrow's 'seeing is not always believing' and the Matrix black cat as frames for the gap between noticing an anomaly and interpreting it correctly.

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