Dittemore’s Law – Casey Handmer's blog

A quick note to formalize some observations on elite organization dysfunction. The Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center in Florida commemorates the 25 US astronauts who have died in flight…

A quick note to formalize some observations on elite organization dysfunction. The Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center in Florida commemorates the 25 US astronauts who have died in flight. Ron Dittemore is the retired former Space Shuttle program manager who was ultimately responsible for the series of decisions that resulted in the Columbia disaster , which killed seven of the lost 25 astronauts. Throughout my career I’ve become increasingly obsessed with a particular and fairly obscure form of institutional failure. I haven’t seen much written about its general form, so I’m writing

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