Black Box Thinking : Marginal Gains and the Secrets of High Performance

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Author(s): Syed, Matthew Binding: Paperback, Date of Publication: 07/04/2016, Pagination: 352 pages, ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781473613805, Description: What links the Mercedes Formula One team with Google?What links Team Sky and the aviation industry?What connects James Dyson and David Beckham?They are all Black Box Thinkers.Black Box Thinking is a new approach to high performance, a means of finding an edge in a complex and fast-changing world. It is not just about sport, but has powerful implications for business and politics, as well as for parents and students. In other words, all of us.Drawing on a dizzying array of case studies and real-world examples, together with cutting-edge research on marginal gains, creativity and grit, Matthew Syed tells the inside story of how success really happens - and how we cannot grow unless we are prepared to learn from our mistakes.'Full of well-crafted stories and keenly deployed scientific insights, Black Box Thinking will forever change the way you think about screwing up.'-DANIEL PINK, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human Show more