This is a summary of a part of this insightful blog post on The Systems Thinker: A mistake of commission is doing something that fails. E.g, Deciding to hire a person who turns out to be a bad hire. On the other hand, a mistake of omission is failing to take action when action was required. For example, if you’re a leader at a startup that has a bad work culture, not fixing it is an error of omission.
Mistakes of Commission and Omission
Mistakes of Commission and Omission
Mistakes of Commission and Omission
This is a summary of a part of this insightful blog post on The Systems Thinker: A mistake of commission is doing something that fails. E.g, Deciding to hire a person who turns out to be a bad hire. On the other hand, a mistake of omission is failing to take action when action was required. For example, if you’re a leader at a startup that has a bad work culture, not fixing it is an error of omission.