Controlling Risk - Jim Wetherbee

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Résumé :
Jim Wetherbee, the only five-time Space Shuttle commander, presents thirty techniques that astronauts use?not only to stay alive in the unforgiving and deadly environment of space, but also to conduct high-quality operations and accomplish complex missions. These same techniques, based on the foundational principles of operating excellence, can help anyone be successful in high-hazard endeavors, ordinary business, and everyday life. Controlling Risk shows you how to embrace these techniques as a way of operating and living your life, so you can predict and prevent your next accident, while improving performance and productivity to take your company higher...

Biographie:
Jim Wetherbee is the only astronaut to have commanded five Space Shuttle missions. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor?s degree in Aerospace Engineering, he began his life-long journey of controlling risk as a naval aviator, while flying in single-seat cockpits from aircraft carriers on the high seas. Wetherbee?s leadership roles as a military test pilot, astronaut, and safety executive in the oil and gas industry?from the front lines to the executive level ? have given him valuable experiences and insights into dangerous businesses....