Ep.193 - Drifting into Failure, Part 1

Jason opens with Benjamin Franklin's insight that painters throughout history struggled to distinguish sunsets from sunrises on canvas, what comes next determines which it really is (daylight of progress or darkness). He reveals signing up for Tony Robbins Business Mastery ($10k course) despite 11 kids, new business, and leaving full-time employment because training is that important. Then he unpacks drifting into failure: organizations drift from within the norms incrementally until catastrophe, Challenger disaster happened because each shuttle flight drifted slightly from standards until total failure. Jim Collins' five stages: hubris born of success, undisciplined pursuit of more, denial of risk and peril, grasping for salvation, capitulation to death.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Benjamin Franklin wisdom: Painters couldn't distinguish sunset from sunrise, what comes next (daylight progress or darkness) determines which it really is
• Tony Robbins investment: $10k Business Mastery course despite 11 kids and new business, what's holding you back from training?
• Drifting into failure explained: Organizations drift from within norms incrementally, each decision seems reasonable until total catastrophe
• Challenger disaster example: Each shuttle flight drifted slightly from standards, normalized deviance, until people died
• Jim Collins five stages: Hubris born of success, undisciplined pursuit of more, denial of risk and peril (leaders discount negative data and amplify positive), grasping for salvation, capitulation to death
• Challenge: Are you productively paranoid? Checking JHAs, pre-task plans, silica exposure, height risks, energizing safety program?

If you're comfortable in your comfort zone, get out and find out if you're complacently allowing failure to drift into your organization.

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