Business, and the projects used to deliver products and services, relies in estimates, plans, projects - and we all know how accurate they tend be. Careers are made, careers are broken based on perceived accuracy in estimating and planning.
But what if the successes and failures of these projects were now based on the prowess of those making the plans?
What if the successes and failures are instead the results of a more complex set of events?
What if our own cognitive biases - our own brains - were creating our inaccuracies, our poor assumptions, and our unreasonable expectations?
Why Plans Fail directly addresses our ability to plan, to forecast, and to make decisions (from back cover)