Both the Tenerife plane collision and the medical error at a community hospital were caused by the accumulation of multiple lapses, including communication and authority gradients, and the lack of a system to catch human errors, which can be prevented by implementing crew resource management, cross-checks/checklists, and improved communication skills.
I have looked at the linguistic complexity of the Bank of England’s own communications, including my own speeches. These rank well above the levels of a broadsheet newspaper, and way beyond the levels of a tabloid. In other words, the vast majority of the Bank’s communications are lost on the vast majority of the