"Crisis Engineering" with Layer Aleph
Summary
Mikey Dickerson, Matthew Weaver, and Marina Kniss discuss their book *Crisis Engineering*, arguing that major organizational change is only possible during crises when normal sense-making collapses. They explain how leaders can steer this chaos to implement rapid, transformative shifts in complex systems, drawing from their experiences at Google, the US Digital Service, and the VA. The episode also covers career advice for engineers seeking influence and the ethical implications of leveraging crisis dynamics for change.
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