Engineering Visibility

An engineer who prevents a disaster can appear indistinguishable from a scenario where no disaster was ever likely. Visible demonstrations attach an engineer's name to a memorable event and make that engineer more salient to observers. Eng…

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An engineer who prevents a disaster can appear indistinguishable from a scenario where no disaster was ever likely. Visible demonstrations attach an engineer's name to a memorable event and make that engineer more salient to observers. Engineering work that preserves normal operations can become invisible to leadership because only the normal outcome is observed.