# How Ignoring Mistakes Creates Overconfidence and Organizational Risk

DevFeed: [How Ignoring Mistakes Creates Overconfidence and Organizational Risk](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-ignoring-mistakes-resilience-and-the-hidden-dangers-therein-27115.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://andrea.corbellini.name/2023/03/18/mistakes/>)

Author: andreacorbellini

Published: 2023-03-18T08:20:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Andrea Corbellini](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/andrea-corbellini.md>)

Topics: [Resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/resilience.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>)

Tags: [behavior](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/behavior.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [mistakes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mistakes.md>), [nasa](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nasa.md>), [organization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organization.md>), [resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resilience.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how successful outcomes can conceal flawed execution, causing people and organizations to repeat mistakes and develop overconfidence. It discusses normalization of deviance through examples including the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters, where NASA leadership ignored engineering concerns.

## Source excerpt

As a scuba diver who often explores new places, I can say that I have found myself in some dangerous situations, but I always made it back to the surface without facing any negative consequences. Does this mean that I never made any mistakes? Absolutely not: mistakes were made, and lessons were learned. We can all agree that learning from mistakes is good, but ...