Whack-A-Mole: The Price We Pay for Expecting Perfection

By David Marx

Book Overview

We're going to hurt each other ... It's a fact of life, a cost of doing business. On the bright side, we can reduce the odds. Abandon our no harm, no foul approach to criminal liability, initiate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615283071
• ISBN13: 9780615283074
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: By Your Side Studios
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Dings and whacks - spoken like a lawyer?

Whacking the mole is a salty metaphor for what we do to one another, either as individuals or as organizations, when we expect perfection. Whacking can get ugly. Marx has translated legal and engineering language into a fun read. For this reviewer, what resonates the most is Marx's observation that mole-whacking drives problems underground. He suggests that the way people and systems typically respond to human fallibility could stand some inspection and correction. While predominantly aiming at high-risk environments, like healthcare and airlines, Marx provides examples from many layers of our culture. Draw your own personalized conclusions. On the contrary side, the flow of the narrative is at times a bit stilted. There also seem to be hidden presuppositions that only the author could adequately illuminate. He didn't. Should you read it? Does your organization expect perfection? Whack-a-Mole will make you think.