What Are We Missing?

On 20 April 2010 a drilling crew read an anomalous test as acceptable. Eleven men died. Smart people. Good information. The wrong decision. What were they missing? What Are We Missing? uses real failures from the public record, including Deepwater Horizon, Challenger, Theranos, the 2008 financial crash, Boeing 737 MAX and Mars Climate Orbiter, to show the same gap behind each one: the problem was never properly framed before the decision was made. The book gives readers PRISM, a five-move method for making better decisions, built from those failures. By Zafar Alam, civil engineer and Chartered Construction Manager (MCIOB), twelve years delivering major projects across the Middle East and the UK. Releases 13 February 2027. Kindle pre-order available now.