Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success
Book by Matthew Syed
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Oct 5, 2026
Simon GatesHOST
His work inside the coaching setups of England Rugby League and Scotland Rugby Union.
Simon GatesHOST
He's written a stack of books and his latest one, Micro Habits, written with Jake, came out at the start of the year.
Simon GatesHOST
And it's an absolute belter of a book which I'd recommend reading.
Simon GatesHOST
And some of you will remember that Damien was my guest for episode 100 of this very podcast.
Kevin BrentHOST
like,
John ReadmanGUEST
ah, there's another one like, so there's Black Box Thinking and this, that and the other and all these different things.
John ReadmanGUEST
And I thought, yeah, I haven't read those for probably 10 years.
John ReadmanGUEST
Maybe I need to go back.
Jon MossHOST
And they were like, how can this possibly happen? These people are supposed to be the best of the best.
Jon MossHOST
Matthew Said in his book, I think it's called Black Boxes, talks about airplane pilots.
Jon MossHOST
And he tells this story of a crash that occurred.
Jon MossHOST
And basically, pilots were going along and the lights started flashing in the cockpit.