Dan Davies Reviews CRISIS ENGINEERING

Dan Davies Reviews CRISIS ENGINEERING

Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure and how to fix them.

It comes out April 7, 2026, everywhere books are sold, as a paperback, and audiobook (read by Cassandra Campbell).

For bulk orders below 500 copies, purchase on BulkBooks. For bulk orders over 500 copies, please contact marina@layeraleph.com.


Inestimable cyberneticist Dan Davies, author of THE UNACCOUNTABILITY MACHINE, and the "Back of Mind" blog/mailing list, reviewed our forthcoming book last Friday.

[...] there’s a new book coming out which I saw an advance copy of and which is now available for pre-order, and it’s really good.

You can read his full review here.

Crises are the only opportunity for rapid directed change in complex systems.

CRISIS ENGINEERING shows you how not to waste them.