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''Informs, engages and, above all, entertains'' Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit

New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath asks what happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen.

What happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen?

Most of us are pretty good at dealing with problems we're used to being resourceful and improvising solutions. But we also tend to focus on reacting rather than preventing, which costs us unnecessary time and money.

Across business, politics, and society, bestselling author Dan Heath shows us that we have the capacity to solve some of our thorniest issues we just need to start to think about the system rather than the symptoms. Drawing on hundreds of new interviews with unconventional problem solvers, Heath shows the huge gains to be made when we stop dealing with s

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Transworld
      Published 8/22/2024
      ISBN-13 9780552176798
      978-0552176798
      ISBN-10 0552176796
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      Business, Finance & Law Business innovation

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Informs, engages and, above all, entertains'' Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit

      New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath asks what happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen.

      What happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen?

      Most of us are pretty good at dealing with problems we're used to being resourceful and improvising solutions. But we also tend to focus on reacting rather than preventing, which costs us unnecessary time and money.

      Across business, politics, and society, bestselling author Dan Heath shows us that we have the capacity to solve some of our thorniest issues we just need to start to think about the system rather than the symptoms. Drawing on hundreds of new interviews with unconventional problem solvers, Heath shows the huge gains to be made when we stop dealing with s

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