Today in 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on a runway in Tenerife…The deadliest aviation disaster in history. 583 people lost their lives.
But here’s the part most people don’t know…
There wasn’t one big mistake. It was layers of small, human decisions stacking on top of each other:
1.Assumptions made under pressure
2.Authority not questioned
3.Communication slightly misunderstood
4.Urgency overriding clarity
No single moment caused it. It was a system of human behavior playing out in real time.
If you were in that cockpit… Do you trust your instincts and challenge authority… or go along because “they must know better”?
And zooming out…
Where in everyday life do we see this same pattern today? Work? Relationships? Leadership?