Originals
How Non-Conformists Move the World
Adam Grant
Explore how to champion new ideas and fight groupthink in the #1 New York Times bestseller, from the author of Give and Take and co-author of Option B. With surprising studies and stories, discover how to speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, and manage fear and doubt. Learn from entrepreneurs, analysts, and even a TV executive who saved Seinfeld from being cut. Full of powerful ideas, this book might just change the way you live your life and inspire you to change your world.
Publish Date
2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.95
ISBN
9780753556979
Recommendations
9
Recommendations
After launching hundreds of businesses—from airlines to trains, music to mobile, and now a spaceline—my biggest challenges and successes have come from convincing other people to see the world differently. This book reveals how that can be done and will help you inspire creativity and change. – source
2016-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
Loved reading Adam Grant's book Originals. He has a talent for taking on big ideas about leadership and creativity and distilling them down so you can incorporate them into your daily life. – sourceAn urgent must read, a seminal work that will surprise you on every single page. Adam Grant has reset our expectations for what it means to be creative and what's required to make a difference. Share it with someone you care about. – source
2016-02-02T01:45:39.000Z
Just finished @AdamMGrant's new book, Originals, and enjoyed the shit out of it. Highly recommend: – sourceIt can sometimes seem as if one must learn everything old before one can try anything new. Adam Grant does a masterful job showing that is not the case; we are lucky to have him as a guide. – source
2021-01-06T16:21:11.000Z
Slowing down can help us to be more creative. It took Leonardo da Vinci 16 years to paint the Mona Lisa!
@AdamMGrant 's wonderful book Originals shows that people who come up with great new ideas often start quickly, but finish slowly. – source2018-04-25T16:05:05.000Z
Yes! Don’t focus on being right, focus on getting the right work done, fueled by empathy!
PS desk-rocking two of my favorite books Originals by @AdamMGrant and When by @DanielPink – source2018-11-04T13:19:42.000Z
Originals IS an Original.
From the 1st chapter itself, @AdamMGrant is on a mission - to inform, educate, de-construct, de-mystify & inspire the reader
I luv books that r fact-filled, anecdotal 2 the brim, which explain concepts by examples. This book does that! (Review in pic) – source