Learning from other fields

Fixing a Formula 1 car in under eight minutes

Picture the scene. You’re the head engineer at a Formula 1 racing team, and moments away from the start of a race when a minor mistake by your driver sees your car damaged on the way to the grid...

The flight plan that brought UK airspace to its knees

On August 28, 2023, a software bug in the UK air traffic control system caused six hours of chaos, reducing air traffic capacity and forcing manual operations. It's a great story of failure, resilience and communications in complex systems.