
Little Bets
How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
$32.93
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2012
Summary
Achieve momentous innovation by making Little Bets
How did Pixar go from producing CAT scan images to winning Oscars? How did Steve Jobs turn Apple into a world-beating company? How does Amazon’s culture encourage innovation? How can you find the creative solutions demanded by our ever-changing world?
The answer, according to renowned business thought-leader Peter Sims, is LITTLE BETS. In these fast-moving times, it’s next to impossible to predict what’s around the corner, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847940490 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1847940498 |
| Author: | Peter Sims |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Random House Business Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2012 |
| Weight: | 164g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 16mm |
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Highly engaging … Little Bets will help you challenge the status quo and discover extraordinary new possibilities in whatever endeavor you’re engaged in
Highly engaging … Little Bets will help you challenge the status quo and discover extraordinary new possibilities in whatever endeavor you’re engaged in – Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of StarbucksAn enthusiastic, example-rich argument for innovating in a particular way * Wall Street Journal *Want a big idea? Start little. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or an artist, Peter Sims shows you how big breakthroughs start with little bets – Chip Heath, author of Made to Stick and SwitchLittle Bets is easily the most delightful and useful innovation book published in the last decade – Robert I. Sutton, author of Good Boss, Bad BossPut [t]his book on your reading list * TechCrunch *Diverse and uplifting - a veritable gumball machine of memorable anecdotes to inspire creativity * Kirkus Reviews *Genius may be rare but that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t approach greatness through keenly observed trial and error. Such is the rallying cry of this practical and very readable book * Daily Mail *
About The Author
Peter Sims
PETER SIMS is the co-author with Bill George of the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestselling book True North. His work has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Fortune and TechCrunch and he is a contributor to the Reuters and Harvard Business Review blogs. He received an MBA from Stanford Business School, where he and several classmates established a popular course on leadership. He has spoken or advised at such organisations as Cisco Systems, Eli Lilly, Current Media, Molson Coors, Qualcomm and Frost & Sullivan. He previously worked in venture capital with Summit Partners, a leading investment company, and was part of the team that established the firm’s London office.
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