The Devil Never Sleeps, Juliette Kayyem
The Devil Never Sleeps, Juliette Kayyem
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The Devil Never Sleeps
Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters

Author: Juliette Kayyem

Narrator: Juliette Kayyem

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 03/29/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

An urgent, transformative guide to dealing with disasters from one of today’s foremost thinkers in crisis management.

The future may still be unpredictable, but nowadays, disasters are not. We live in a time of constant, consistent catastrophe, where things more often go wrong than they go right. So why do we still fumble when disaster hits? Why are we always one step behind?

In The Devil Never Sleeps, Juliette Kayyem lays the groundwork for a new approach to dealing with disasters. Presenting the basic themes of crisis management, Kayyem amends the principles we rely on far too easily. Instead, she offers us a new framework to anticipate the “devil’s” inevitable return, highlighting the leadership deficiencies we need to overcome and the forward thinking we need to harness. It’s no longer about preventing a disaster from occurring, but learning how to use the tools at our disposal to minimize the consequences when it does.

Filled with personal anecdotes and real-life examples from natural disasters like the California wildfires to man-made ones like the Boeing 737 MAX crisis, The Devil Never Sleeps is a guide for governments, businesses, and individuals alike on how to alter our thinking so that we can develop effective strategies in the face of perpetual catastrophe.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on July 18, 2022

Anybody who's lived through the past few years of The Circumstances, Covid-19, supply chain disruptions, and the shockwaves of natural disaster, war, and terrorism at various distances, probably has a sense that disasters are going to be permanent and ongoing. Kayyem has an interesting CV. While she......more

Goodreads review by Jessi on March 17, 2022

I felt that this was informative book that looks directly at disasters and how to deal with them. What I found interesting was that the author delved into tragedies, crisis, and disasters - where things went wrong and the inevitability of more disasters to come. But she was not nihilistic, this is n......more

Goodreads review by Min on April 20, 2022

This book has a lot of pluses. It’s informative and interesting. The author is knowledgeable and has a very strong point about preparation. But it’s very, very slow moving and extremely repetitive. This, I assume, comes from the author’s frustration at the world not listening or paying attention the......more

Goodreads review by Katie on October 12, 2022

This book is right up my alley. I'm disaster and emergency minded. Maybe I should go after her job. She ends the book with an anecdote of her being on a train heading toward NY as the twin towers had been hit. She decided to exit the train and turn back and strongly urged others to do so as well wit......more

Goodreads review by Anne on August 30, 2022

Fascinating, approachable book with lots of memorable aphorisms and phrases: “less bad is good,” “assume the boom,” “left of boom,” “right of boom.” Minimizing damage after the boom is win. Hopeful. Encouraging planning for both before and after boom.......more

Quotes

“Kayyem combines real-world national security experience, the everyday personal experiences of an individual, and the genius of a policy thinker for her compelling and engaging new book. Virtually anything Kayyem writes is a must-read and she has put it all together to help us prepare for our era of disasters.”—Jeh Johnson, former secretary of homeland security

“From 9/11 through the pandemic, the United States has been battered by several decades of emergencies. Even more, and worse, are ahead. Juliette Kayyem has a clear-eyed, sane, urgent-but-not-frantic set of principles to guide us in dealing with ‘the devil.’ We’ll all be better off for following her advice.”—James Fallows, National Book Award winner

“Juliette Kayyem is who we call when disaster strikes for a reason: she’s calm, unafraid, and deeply informed. Here she leaves no disaster unturned as she shows how we can be ready to respond. She’ll open your eyes: you’ll definitely never think of Fukushima, fires, or even Beyoncé the same way again.”—Erin Burnett, CNN anchor

“Juliette Kayyem’s infectious energy and passion for reasoned crisis management jump out of the pages of her book. She has written a succinct, compelling kitchen-table tutorial on how to get your head around crises. A must-read for first responders, crisis managers, and the normal citizen who wants to anticipate, prepare, cope, and be resilient.”—James Clapper, former national intelligence director

“We live in a dangerous world where big trouble is inevitable. Oddly, those who warn us to be better prepared are often dismissed. But Juliette Kayyem refuses to be a modern-day Cassandra.  Get your head around this book and get smart. Or ignore her lessons at your own peril.”—Miles O’ Brien, correspondent, PBS Newshour

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