Tag: risk assessment techniques
The Risk Prophet’s Dilemma: Why We Predict Disasters But Never Prevent Them
The Cassandra Complex In Greek mythology, Cassandra was cursed with the gift of prophecy—she could see the future perfectly, but no one would ever believe her warnings. She predicted the fall of Troy, the death of Agamemnon, her own demise. Every prophecy came true. Every warning was ignored. Welcome to the life of a project…
The Invisible Risks: Why Traditional Risk Management Creates the Disasters It Tries to Prevent
The phone rang at 4:17 AM on what should have been the celebration morning after SpaceX’s most successful quarter. Instead of champagne, Elon Musk was staring at reports of a rocket explosion that hadn’t been caused by any of the 10,000+ risks in their comprehensive risk management system. The culprit? A helium loading system behaving…
