As cities grow more complex, more and more decisions are quietly shifted from human judgment to systems, procedures, algorithms, and layers of bureaucracy. In The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind, political economist Dan Davies argues that organizations often become so automated and process-driven that leaders no longer truly lead—they simply manage the machinery. For City Managers, this book raises urgent questions about accountability, decision-making, and how public leaders can maintain human judgment, responsibility, and common sense inside increasingly complex systems. Randy Mayeux will present his comprehensive briefing on this book. You will think differently about your leadership in this increasingly digital, AI, algorithm age. Register HERE