The People Who Knew: When Warnings Fail to Become Action

The People Who Knew: When Warnings Fail to Become ActionThe warning signs were there. The information existed. So why didn't anyone stop what came next?In The People Who Knew, Linda Davidson examines ten devastating cases in which crucial information was scattered across people, departments and institutions-never becoming the understanding needed to act.From Larry Nassar and Jimmy Savile to Flint, the Boeing 737 MAX, Deepwater Horizon, the Post Office Horizon scandal and the Sewol ferry disaster, each case exposes a different way organizations can fail to recognize what they collectively know.This is not a book about the easy accusation that everyone knew. It is about something more disturbing: Everyone may know a piece-and still no one sees the danger.Gripping, evidence-driven and deeply human, The People Who Knew asks the question that should be answered before tragedy makes the warning signs obvious: When does knowing become a responsibility to act?