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Man who saw the reactor core on fire: There is no core! It exploded, the core exploded!
Dyatlov: He’s in shock. Get him out of here
Witness 2: The lid is off. The stack is burning. I saw it.
Dyatlov: You’re confused.
Bad management kills. aier.org/article/banali…
Man who saw the reactor core on fire: There is no core! It exploded, the core exploded!
Dyatlov: He’s in shock. Get him out of here
Witness 2: The lid is off. The stack is burning. I saw it.
Dyatlov: You’re confused.
Bad management kills. aier.org/article/banali…
Total domination does not allow for free initiative… for any activity that is not entirely predictable. [It] replaces all first-rate talents… with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.
—Arendt
—Arendt
Chernobyl is a case study in life and death situations in orgs.
As technicians doomed the reactor to meltdown at the behest of a paper pushing middle manager, they mutter to themselves “We did everything right.”
Tyrannical power
Ignorance
Blind order following
Denial
Coverup
As technicians doomed the reactor to meltdown at the behest of a paper pushing middle manager, they mutter to themselves “We did everything right.”
Tyrannical power
Ignorance
Blind order following
Denial
Coverup
KGB Head to Legasov, the chief scientist who saved millions of lives: “Scientists and your idiot obsessions with reasons. When the bullet hits your skull what will it matter why?”
Tyranny is the enemy of truth.
You can’t serve the people without the truth.
Tyranny is the enemy of truth.
You can’t serve the people without the truth.
