maximum clustershambles
What can we learn from complex organizational failure?
A detailed exploration of one of the most profound failures in American industrial history.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 tragedies made, and are still making, headlines — but there’s so much more to the story that will surprise you. This story provides the basis for a broadly applicable Framework of Failure through which other complex disasters, accidents, and mistakes can be deeply understood, and perhaps avoided. Don’t miss an episode of this groundbreaking podcast.
episodes
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EPISODE 1
The Boeing MAX8 Disasters:
Much More Than Meets the Eye -
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EPISODE 2
The Boeing MAX8 Disasters:
Sorting Through the Clustershambles -
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EPISODE 3
The Context of Failure:
Setting the Stage, Part 1 -
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EPISODE 4
The Context of Failure:
Setting the Stage, Part 2 -
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EPISODE 5
The Structure of Failure:
MCAS is Conceived -
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Episode 6
The Structure of Failure:
MCAS Drifts -
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Episode 7
The Occurrence of Failure:
The Lion Air Disaster -
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Episode 8
The Occurrence of Failure:
The Ethiopian Airlines Disaster -
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Episode 9
The Response to Failure:
What Was Said and Done -
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Episode 10
The Response to Failure:
Making Sense of Response -
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Episode 11
Drawing Conclusions
through the Framework of Failure
(Debuted December 12, 2024)
