Unsafe Thinking

How to be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most

by Jonah Sachs

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Apr 24, 2018

Page Count

256 Pages

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ISBN-13

9780738220147

Genre

Nonfiction / Business & Economics / Strategic Planning / Systems & Planning

Description

A Financial Times Book of the Month: “An enchanting book about how to question the conventional, challenge the status quo, and unlock the creative solutions right under your nose.” –Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals, Give and Take, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg

“Unsafe Thinking delivers an array of fresh insights on creativity, motivation, and staying in ‘flow.’ Packed with powerful case studies, it will propel you out of your rut and onto a path of better, sharper thinking.” — Daniel H. Pink, author of When and To Sell Is Human

How can you challenge and change yourself when you need it most? We’re creatures of habit, programmed by evolution to favor the safe and familiar, especially when the stakes are high. This bias no longer serves us in a world of constant change. In fact, today, safe thinking has become extremely dangerous.

Through stories of trailblazers in business, health, education and activism, and leveraging decades of research into creativity and performance, Jonah Sachs reveals a path to higher performance and creativity for anyone ready to step out of their comfort zone. He introduces troublemakers willing to challenge corporate culture like the executive who convinced CVS to drop its multibillion-dollar tobacco business. She now leads the pharmacy giant. Readers will get firsthand accounts of breaking from the status quo from a Nobel prize winning doctor who nearly got himself thrown out medicine, a two-time NBA championship coach who brought joy back to his team by tuning down the focus on competition, a CEO who rebuilt her reputation and life from the ashes from one of the biggest flops in internet history and a Colombian mayor who started an incredibly successful career of political reform by mooning an angry crowd.

Unsafe Thinking is full of counter-intuitive insights that will challenge you to rethink how you work. You’ll learn:

Why your area of deep expertise is often where you’ll find your biggest blind spots
Why anxiety can be fuel for creativity
When to trust intuition and when to challenge it
How collaborating only with those that share your values stunts your creativity
How to build an organization that embraces intelligent risk.

An inspiring and accessible read, Unsafe Thinking has the power to change both the way you approach your work and your life.

A Talk with Jonah Sachs, Author of Unsafe Thinking

October 12 2017

A Talk with Jonah Sachs, Author of Unsafe Thinking

Why do you think people would want to think or act in ways that are “unsafe”? In short, because “safe thinking” is comfortable but ultimately ineffective in a world changing as fast as ours. As we gain experience and success in life, we tend to draw lessons and form patterns. When we think and behave…

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