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Years ago, I came into healthcare in a roundabout way. I studied industrial engineering, the science of looking at processes and systems and understanding, even predicting, how they work together.

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In his book, Applied Minds: How Engineers Think, Guru Madhavan explores the mental makeup of engineers. His framework is built around a flexible intellectual toolkit called modular systems thinking.

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Nearly 1,000 U.S. construction workers died of work-related injuries each year from 2011 to 2020, with the industry accounting for 20% of all workplace deaths, even though it made up just 7.3% of the ...