I first came across Richard Cook in connection with his enormously insightful "How Complex Systems Fail" (1988) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2287971

I first came across Richard Cook in connection with his enormously insightful "How Complex Systems Fail" (1988) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228797158_How_complex_systems_fail https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228797158_How_compl... If you have not read this it's still on point today. His medical background allowed him to propose biology-based design models for resilience based on bone; this keynote is worth listening to more than once https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LbePBiOvZ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LbePBiOvZ4 He opens with three claims: Bone is not a model for resilience. Bone is not a metaphor for resilience Bone is the archetype for resilience. He had posted much of his work on https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard-Cook-8 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard-Cook-8 before his death.