Originals

In Originals the author addresses the challenge of improving the world from the perspective of becoming original choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent Learn from an entrepreneur who pitches his start ups by highlighting the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who overturned the rule of secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees for failing to criticize him, and a TV executive who didn t even work in comedy but saved Seinfeld from the cutting room floor The payoff is a set of groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and improving the status quo. New Download [ Originals ] Author [ Adam M. Grant ] – kino-fada.fr I beg to differ with Sheryl Sandberg This isn t a cutting edge primer on what it takes to be original It s a pleasantly readable, if mediocre, collection of findings and anecdotes that areor less related to the notion of fostering creativity success Earnest Yes The author applies his formula with zest he starts each chapter with a hook, spaces out his anecdotes, sprinkles in previews to build suspense, and distills each story into a pithy moral He tries hard to keep us engaged a I beg to differ with Sheryl Sandberg This isn t a cutting edge primer on what it takes to be original It s a pleasantly readable, if mediocre, collection of findings and anecdotes that areor less related to the notion of fostering creativity success Earnest Yes The author applies his formula with zest he starts each chapter with a hook, spaces out his anecdotes, sprinkles in previews to build suspense, and distills each story into a pithy moral He tries hard to keep us engaged and to make us feel like we re learning Informative Somewhat The take away points are numerous and don t all hang together thematically T...Fools rush in Those 3 words are the foundation for the recurring theme that Adam Grant reveals through studied research which shakes the dominant mythology of our modern dogma on what it takes to succeed.The myth is that first movers gain a first to market advantage The fact is that settlers who enter later, lower their risk of failure compared to the early pioneers The slow movers also raise their yield of measurable returns Who is really laughing first and last here The myth is that Fools rush in Those 3 words are the foundation for the recurring theme that Adam Grant reveals through studied research which shakes the dominant mythology of our modern do...I got the sense that this book was yet another compilation of blog posts with examples cherrypicked from successful books to support ideas with very little first hand research The author is critical of other formulaic authors, such as those that write self help books, yet he follows the same formula that those in the pop psych genre have relied upon The book is a collection of anecdotes slathered with confirmation bias in place of a logic rooted argument.The examples are written inof an I got ...Ironically, this book contains very few original ideas on it s own1 31 16 The author wrote an interesting synopsis for the nyts here How to Raise a Creative Child Step One Back Off appreciated learning about a company that seriously promotes dissenting opinions as well as social science experiments It s great to know they exist, but the book didnt match my expectations set by the title at all These are anecdotes about successful people It s not about nonconformists or originals.There are many Social Science tests discussed 1 31 16 The author wrote an interesting synopsis for the nyts here How to Raise a Creative Child Step One Back Off appreciated learning about a company that seriously promotes dissenting opinions as well as social science experiments It s great to know they exist, but the book didnt match my expectations set by the title at all These are anecdotes about successful people It s not about nonconformists or originals.There are many Social Science tests discussed Setting up the tests themselves are interesting ideas, but the audio book never mentions the sample sizes or if any experiments have been able to recreate results, ...OriginalsTwo stars are generous The first 3 or 4 chapters had some value, but the examples that were used, in those chapters, were dated and generic The author s credentials seem steer and the reviews were quite good, so you can imagine my surp...I read this book in two days Several times while in the middle of reading it, I had to remind myself that I wasn t reading a book written by Malcolm Gladwell Then, I realized something just as good I wa...Strikingly unoriginal for a book on originality This is a mash up of other books on pop psychology and whatnot with some personal anecdotes about other people who are original It s entertaining enough because it s got these counterintuitive ideas like procrastination is good The problem is that these are just teasers, because they get hedged with except when it isn t or they re just overall gibberish Take the procrastination example Grant talks about MLK s famous I have a dream speech Strikingly unoriginal for a book on originality This is a mash u...Originals.This is one of the best books I have read lately It has a lot that I already knew, but it added important principals, told great stories, and wrapped it all in great structure.When was the last time you had an original idea and what did you do with it Originality is scary, and it is conventional wisdom that some people are innately creative, while most have few original thoughts This is of course far from being the truth, but it is the easy way out of being original People are afraid to speak This is one of the best books I have read lately It has a lot that I already knew, but it added important principals, told great stories, and wrapped it all in great structure.When was the last time you had an original idea and what did you do with it Originality is scary, and it is conventional wisdom that some people are innately creative, while most have few original thoughts This is of course far from being the truth, but it is the easy way out of being original People are afraid to speak up and stand out We worry about the costs of non conformity, and not wired to embrace uncertainty and ignore social approval It doesn t even take a violent dictator to silence us, standing out c...

• English
• 20 May 2017
Adam M. Grant
• Hardcover
• 326 pages
• 0525429565
• Adam M. Grant
• Originals