A Joosr Guide to... Originals by Adam Grant: How Non-Conformists Change the World

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We tend to think of great innovators as gifted, unique, and different from ordinary people. But are they really so different or is original thinking something anyone can learn?

Originals explores how innovators from business, science, technology, and the arts have overcome obstacles to meet their goals and achieve positive, innovative change, explaining how absolutely anyone can do this too. Empowering, inspiring, and informative, Originals teaches techniques for producing, refining, and presenting original ideas, laying out a detailed map so would-be innovators can discover their own original route to innovative thinking.

You will learn:

· How to come up with better, more original ideas

· How acknowledging weaknesses can make your ideas stronger and easier to sell

· That you don't have to risk all to win all.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Jun 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781785673542

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What’s it about?

Innovators and original thinkers have always been at the center of great change. Many of the most important developments throughout the world have occurred thanks to those who were able to question the status quo and provide innovative ideas and inventive solutions to problems. But is there some special quality that marks innovators as different from other people, or can anyone learn to be an effective original thinker?

Renowned innovators and pioneers are often seen as separate from others, as if they were somehow destined to achieve great things. However, in reality they are ordinary people who face the same obstacles to original thinking as anyone else. And just like these inspiring visionaries, other ordinary people can also achieve great things and conceive original, pioneering ideas. In Originals, Adam Grant explores the ways in which innovators have overcome challenges and achieved their goals and explains how you can do the same.

In Originals, you’ll learn valuable lessons from every stage in the process of innovative thinking, all supported with real-life examples from the worlds of business, science, technology, and the arts. Everything from how to come up with better, more authentic ideas to the benefits of