How Leaders Can Prevent Disasters: Ā Learnings from NASAā€™s Space Shuttle Columbia Failure

CNNā€™s four-part series, ā€œSpace Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight,ā€ tells the story of how a series of decisions made by competent, dedicated, and well-intentioned leaders set the stage for a safety exposure that brought down the Space Shuttle Columbia ā€” an exposure that was not understood at the time. As an organizational psychologist, Iā€™ve studied decision-making…