Person

Patti Waldmeir

Journalist chronicling apartheid's end as contingency, negotiation, and near-failure.

Why this matters

Waldmeir keeps the 'miracle' narrative from erasing how close things came to blood.

book

Waldmeir, Patti. *Anatomy of a Miracle: The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa*. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.

Book

How Communication and Moral Judgment Shape Leadership at Scale

An examination of what happens when signals of confidence are mistaken for legitimacy, and how that confusion distorts trust and decision-making.