Little Bets

How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries

224 pages

English language

Published Feb. 17, 2013 by Free Press.

ISBN:
978-1-4391-7043-4
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What do Apple CEO Steve Jobs, comedian Chris Rock, prize-winning architect Frank Gehry, and the story developers at Pixar films all have in common? Bestselling author Peter Sims found that rather than start with a big idea or plan a whole project in advance, they make a methodical series of little bets, learning critical information from lots of little failures and from small but significant wins.

Reporting on a fascinating range of research, from the psychology of creative blocks to the influential field of design thinking, Sims offers engaging and illuminating accounts of breakthrough innovators at work, and a whole new way of thinking about how to navigate uncertain situations and unleash our untapped creative powers.

8 editions

Subjects

  • Success in business
  • Creative ability