Who recommended Unsafe Thinking?

4 people have recommended Unsafe Thinking in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Adam Grant, Daniel Pink and Sheryl Sandberg. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Unsafe Thinking worth reading?

4 people we track recommend it. It is best for: a product manager at a legacy company trying to get approval for an unconventional pilot — useful because it supplies language and quick examples to reframe risk as learning; a creative director or ad strategist breaking formulaic campaigns — useful because it offers attention-getting reframes and narrative moves to test in pitches; a nonprofit program lead negotiating with risk-averse funders about a small, novel pilot — useful because it provides persuasive framings and low-friction ways to present experiments. It may not suit: you'll likely put it down when the same case-study rhythm repeats and the mid-to-late sections start to feel circular — that repetition is the common drop-off point; annoying if you prefer dense, metric-driven argumentation; the book is anecdote-first and breezy rather than technical; not for readers who want hands-on exercises or checklists — lacks hands-on exercises and step-by-step operational detail.

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Unsafe Thinking by Jonah Sachs: Recommended by 4 People

Name: Unsafe Thinking
Author: Jonah Sachs

A Financial Times Book of the Month: "An enchanting book about how to question the conventional, challenge the status quo, and unlock the creative solutions right under your nose." Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals, Give and Take, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg "Unsafe Thinking delivers an array of fresh insights on cr...