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Adapt : why success always starts with failure / Tim Harford.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Harford, Tim, 1973-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Failure (Psychology).
Success in business.
Other Title:
Adapt
Summary:
Outlines a counterintuitive approach to changing the world by assessing its failures, drawing on myriad disciplines to argue that complex challenges must be met through adaptive trial-and-error practices that do not depend on expert opinions or ready-made solutions.
Contents:
Adapting
Conflict or : How organizations learn
Creating new ideas that matter or : Variation
Finding what works for the poor or : Selection
Climate change or : Changing the rules for success
Preventing financial meltdowns or : Decoupling
The adaptive organization
Adapting and you.

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