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Why Organizations Forget What They Learn from Failures

Harvard Business Review

After the 2005 explosion, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board pushed BP to focus more on safety. By contrast, a non-safety focus, such as efficiency or innovation, is associated with avoiding forgoing the opportunity to do something that is indeed appropriate, such as holding back a new product that might be error-free.