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

By: Harford, Tim, 1973-.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: 309 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780374100964 (hbk.); 0374100969 (hbk.).Other title: Why success always starts with failure.Subject(s): Failure (Psychology) | Success in businessDDC classification: 155.2/4
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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