The
Roman Philosopher, Cicero, coined the very
familiar statement "To err is human".....
Yet many people don't know the remaining portion
of the statement that concludes, "…but
to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool"!
While the Center for Error Management, CEM,
does not regard humans as fools, the Center
does believe humans can learn to control error
opportunities. As another famous individual,
Pearl S. Buck stated about errors, "Every
great mistake has a half-way moment, a split
second when it can be recalled and perhaps
remedied"! It is this split second
on which CEM wishes to focus human thought
processes through training and therefore not
persevere in erroneous ways. Can all
errors be stopped? Can humans become
perfect? Of course not! But they
can become highly effective through better
understanding human fallibility! |