How to be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most
by Jonah Sachs
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American technology executive, activist, and author
“My list of the 20 most exciting books that debut in 2018 spanning timing to culture, grit to health, and hate to truth.”
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Jonah Sachs delivers a brisk, example-driven nudge to stop defaulting to safe choices and start testing bolder options. Short case studies and rhetorical rehearsals give ready-made language for arguing in favor of experiments and pilots. The book's useful bits are the reframes and persuasive lines you can borrow; its limits are an anecdote-first approach and recurring repetition that leaves readers wanting deeper operational steps or metrics. Best used as motivational and rhetorical fuel rather than a detailed implementation manual.
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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...
Difficulty:hard
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Business, and Nonfiction.
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Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive, activist, and author
“My list of the 20 most exciting books that debut in 2018 spanning timing to culture, grit to health, and hate to truth.”
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