Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success

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John Murray Press, Sep 10, 2015 - Psychology - 352 pages

The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller

From the Bestselling Author of Bounce



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.

 

Contents

A Routine Operation
United Airlines 173
The Paradox of Success
Wrongful Convictions
Intellectual Contortions
Reforming Criminal Justice
The Nozzle Paradox
Scared Straight?
How Failure Drives Innovation
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
The Second Victim
The Beckham Effect
Redefining Failure
The Big Picture
Acknowledgements
Notes

Marginal Gains
Copyright

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About the author (2015)

Matthew Syed is the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of Bounce, Black Box Thinking and You Are Awesome. He writes an award-winning newspaper column in The Times and is the co-host of the hugely successful BBC podcast, Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy. Matthew is the co-founder of Greenhouse, a charity that empowers youngsters through sport, a member of the FA's Technical Advisory Board and an ambassador for the PiXL educational foundation. Matthew lives in London with his wife and two children. To find out more about his work visit: www.matthewsyed.co.uk

Matthew Syed is the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of Bounce, Black Box Thinking and You Are Awesome. He writes an award-winning newspaper column in The Times and is the co-host of the hugely successful BBC podcast, Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy. Matthew is the co-founder of Greenhouse, a charity that empowers youngsters through sport, a member of the FA's Technical Advisory Board and an ambassador for the PiXL educational foundation. Matthew lives in London with his wife and two children. To find out more about his work visit: www.matthewsyed.co.uk

Bibliographic information

TitleBlack Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success
AuthorsMatthew Syed, Matthew Syed Consulting Ltd
PublisherJohn Murray Press, 2015
ISBN1473613795, 9781473613799
Length352 pages
Subjects › 

Psychology / General
Sports & Recreation / Sports Psychology
  
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