The New York Times bestselling author determines how people can initiate creative, moral and constructive progress―and how leaders can inspire their societies.
How can we create new innovation, policies and performs without endangering it all? Adam Grant demonstrates how to improve the world by advocating novel ideas and ethics that go against the grain, battling conformity and kicking old-fashioned customs.
The book shows how by using amazing studies and stories the society can spread business, politics, sports and entertainment. And also shows how explorer can recognize a good idea, raise voice without getting silenced, build an alliance of allies, pick the accurate time to act and tackle fear and doubt. Parents will learn how to cultivate originality in youngsters and leaders will discover how to fight conspiracy to develop cultures that welcome dissent.
The book has mind boggling case studies of people going against the grain, you’ll meet an entrepreneur who shows the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who confronted Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who throw a challenge to secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial tycoon who sacks employees who don’t criticize him and the TV executive who saved Seinfeld from the cutting room floor. Originals will provide you groundbreaking visions about rejecting conformity and how to improve the world.
Product Details
- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: WH Allen; Latest Edition edition (29 February 2016)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9780753556986
- ISBN-13: 978-0753556986
- ASIN: 0753556987
- Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 2.5 x 23.1 cm
About the Author
Adam Grant is the youngest tenured professor and single highest-rated teacher at The Wharton School. His consulting and speaking clients include Google, the NFL, Johnson & Johnson, Pixar, Goldman Sachs, the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and the U.S. Army and Navy. He has been honoured as one of Malcolm Gladwell's favourite social science writers, one of BusinessWeek's favourite professors and one of the world's top 40 business professors under 40.
Review
"ORIGINALS is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not only change the way you see the world; it might just change the way you live your life. And it could very well inspire you to change your world." (Sheryl Sandberg, bestselling author of LEAN IN)
"Reading ORIGINALS made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite thinkers thrilled me with his insights and his wonderfully new take on the world." (Malcolm Gladwell)
"After launching hundreds of businesses―from airlines to trains, music to mobile, and now a spaceline―my biggest challenges and successes have come from convincing other people to see the world differently. ORIGINALS reveals how that can be done and will help you inspire creativity and change." (Sir Richard Branson)
"ORIGINALS is a fascinating, eye-opening read that will help you not just recognize your own unique gifts, but find the strength to challenge conventional wisdom to bring them to life. Using surprising studies and riveting stories, Adam Grant brilliantly shows us how to champion new ideas, bust persistent myths that hold us back and change not only our lives, but our world." (Arianna Huffington)
"This extraordinary, wildly entertaining book sheds new light on the Age of Disruption. What does it take to make a meaningful difference? And how can you apply this insight to your own life? By debunking myths of success stories, challenging long-held beliefs of process, and finding commonality among those who are agents of profound change, Adam Grant gives us a powerful new perspective on not just our place in the world, but our potential to shake it up entirely." (JJ Abrams, director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, co-creator and executive producer of Lost, and cofounder of Bad Robot)
