Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
Tim Harford is the Financial Times' Undercover Economist and Dear Economist columnist. Esquire, Forbes, New York magazine, Wired, The Washington Post, and The New York Times have all published his work. The Undercover Economist and The Logic of Life are two of his previous books. Harford hosts the popular BBC radio show More or Less and is a visiting fellow at Cass Business School in London. He received the Bastiat Prize for economic journalism in 2006 and the Royal Statistical Society Award for excellence in journalism in 2010.
Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving our most pressing problems in this groundbreaking book. When confronted with complex situations, we have all grown accustomed to looking to our leaders to chart a course of action and pave the way to success. Harford contends that today's challenges cannot be met with ready-made solutions and expert advice because the world has become far too unpredictable and profoundly complex. Rather, we must adapt.
Harford makes a passionate case for the importance of adaptive trial and error in tackling issues such as climate change, poverty, and financial crises—as well as fostering innovation and creativity in our business and personal lives—deftly weaving together psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, physics, and economics, along with the compelling story of hard-won lessons learned in the field.
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure clearly explains the necessary ingredients for turning failure into success, taking us from corporate boardrooms to the deserts of Iraq. It is a game-changing guide to surviving and prospering in our complex and ever-changing world. The book is regarded as one of the best books on learning from failure.
Author: Tim Harford
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