Adapt
Subtitle: why success always starts with failure
By: Tim Harford
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780374100964
Subjects: Failure (Psychology); Success in business
Other titles: Why success always starts with failure
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Adapting; title: Conflict or : How organizations learn; title: Creating new ideas that matter or : Variation; title: Finding what works for the poor or : Selection; title: Climate change or : Changing the rules for success; title: Preventing financial meltdowns or : Decoupling; title: The adaptive organization; title: Adapting and you.