Discusses the causes and struggles of adults who seek to rid themselves of dependent tendencies and explores ways to discover a sense of self-reliance in order to begin living responsibly and maturely as an adult able to contend with any and all confronting problems.

"IT veteran Dave Zweiback describes an incident that threatens the very existence of a large financial institution, and the counterintuitive steps its leadership took to stop the downward spiral. Their novel approach is grounded in proven concepts from complexity science, resilience engineering, human factors, cognitive science, and organizational psychology. It allows us to identify the underlying conditions for failure, and make our systems (and organizations) safer and more resilient."--Page 4 of cover.