Frequently asked questions about thinking, epistemology, and cognitive tools. 1287 answers
Design your systems to fail partially rather than completely.
Design your systems to fail partially rather than completely.
Design your systems to fail partially rather than completely.
Design your systems to fail partially rather than completely.
For every important process have a documented way to recover from common failures.
Focusing on who caused an error prevents understanding why it happened.
Focusing on who caused an error prevents understanding why it happened.
Focusing on who caused an error prevents understanding why it happened.
Focusing on who caused an error prevents understanding why it happened.
Focusing on who caused an error prevents understanding why it happened.
Focusing on who caused an error prevents understanding why it happened.
Recurring errors point to structural problems not personal failures.
Recurring errors point to structural problems not personal failures.
Recurring errors point to structural problems not personal failures.
Recurring errors point to structural problems not personal failures.
Use tools and systems to catch errors that manual vigilance misses.
Use tools and systems to catch errors that manual vigilance misses.
Use tools and systems to catch errors that manual vigilance misses.
Use tools and systems to catch errors that manual vigilance misses.
Every correction takes time and energy — reduce the error rate rather than just correcting faster.
Every correction takes time and energy — reduce the error rate rather than just correcting faster.
Every correction takes time and energy — reduce the error rate rather than just correcting faster.
Every correction takes time and energy — reduce the error rate rather than just correcting faster.
Errors teach you more about your systems than successes do.