How NonConformists Move the World
by Adam Grant
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Founder of Bridgewater Associates
American businessman
American blogger, main author of the Wait But Why blog
founder of The Collaborative Lab
Recommended by 12 notable people, including Richard Branson and Seth Godin
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Originals reads like a breezy tour of social science studies packaged as career advice. The book’s value is how it upends tidy beliefs—like why the most original thinkers also tend to be chronic procrastinators or how speaking up late in a meeting can be more persuasive. The limitation is its overreliance on startup legends and lab findings that can feel like a grab bag of interesting anecdotes rather than a cohesive manual. If you’ve read modern business books, some insights will feel repackaged.
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âeoeOriginals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not only change the way you see the world; it might just change the way you live your life. And it could very well inspire you to change your world.âeâe" Sheryl Sandberg, bestselling author of Lean In The New York Times bestselling author examines how people can drive creative, moral, and organisational progressâe"and how leaders can encourage originality in their organisations. How can we originate new ideas, policies and practices without risking it all? Adam Grant shows how to improve the world by championing novel ideas and values that go against the grain,…
Difficulty:easy
Length:336 pages (Medium)
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Recommended by 26 sources and appears in Best Startup Books, Marketing, and Books Recommended by Writers.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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