Willful Blindness Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril by Margaret Heffernan
Brand: WALKER & CO
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With deft prose and page after page of keen insights Heffernan shows why we close our eyes to facts that threaten our families our livelihood and our selfimageand even better she points the way out of the darkness. Daniel H. Pink In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell and Nassim Nicholas Taleb Margaret Heffernans Willful Blindness is a tour de force on human behavior that will open your eyes. Why after every major accident and blunder do we look back and say How could we have been so blind Why do some people see what others dont And how can we change Drawing on studies by psychologists and neuroscientists and from interviews with business leaders whistleblowers and white collar criminals distinguished businesswoman and writer Margaret Heffernan examines the phenomenon of willful blindness exploring the reasons that individuals and groups are blind to impending personal tragedies corporate collapses engineering failureseven crimes against humanity. We turn a blind eye in order to feel safe to avoid conflict to reduce anxiety and to protect prestige. But greater understanding leads to solutions and Heffernan shows howby challenging our biases encouraging debate discouraging conformity and not backing away from difficult or complicated problemswe can be more mindful of whats going on around us and be proactive instead of reactive. show more
Condition : New
Author : Margaret Heffernan
Weight : 483
Publisher : WALKER ampamp CO
Language : English
EAN : 9780802777966
ISBN10 : 0802777961
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20060301
Place of Publication : New York United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 142 X 210 X 24mm