Deepwater Horizon: Failure to Learn

Ten years later, its lessons remain critical.

On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 49 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 men. The blowout of the well initiated the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Ten years later, five insights about organizational culture and cognitive biases remain evergreen for leaders of…