Originals - How Non-conformists Change the World
By Adam Grant

WINNER of theand Chartered Management Institute's (CMI's) Mangement Book of the Year Awards 2017, JP Morgan's Best Summer Read 2018, and aand #1and New York Timesand Bestseller! Extraordinary'and JJ Abrams Fascinating'and Arianna Huffington Inspire creativity and change'and Richard Branson One of my favourite thinkers'and Malcolm Gladwell Masterful'and Peter Thiel One of the great social scientists of our time'and Susan Cain, bestselling author ofand Quiet Fresh research, counter-intuitive insights, lively writing, practical calls to action'and The Financial TimesTheand New York Timesand bestselling author examines how people can drive creative, moral, and organisational progress-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to improve the world by championing novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battling conformity, and bucking outdated traditions.Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt. Parents will learn how to nurture originality in children, and leaders will discover how to fight groupthink to build cultures that welcome dissent.Told through dazzling case studies of people going against the grain, you'll encounter an entrepreneur who pitches the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who challenged secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees who don't criticize him, and the TV executive who savedand Seinfeldand from the cutting room floor.and Originalsand will give you groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and how to change the world.