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Black Box Thinking

Marginal Gains and the Secrets of High Performance
By Matthew Syed Consulting Ltd and Matthew Syed
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Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed explores how success stems from learning through failure. The book delves into the importance of adopting a growth mindset, using real-life examples from diverse industries like aviation and healthcare, to illustrate how effective error management can drive innovation and improvement. It's a thought-provoking guide for those seeking personal and professional growth through embracing mistakes.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring how embracing failure can lead to success, with insights into improving performance by learning from mistakes. It provides compelling examples from various fields, encouraging you to adopt a growth mindset and embrace a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

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Black Box Thinking

In this classic work, Times columnist Matthew Syed argues that the key to success is a positive attitude to failure.

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The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller From the Bestselling Author of BOUNCE. What links the Mercedes Formula One team with Google? What links Team Sky and the aviation industry? What connects James Dyson and David Beckham? They are all Black Box Thinkers. Black Box Thinking is a new approach to high performance, a means of finding an edge in a complex and fast-changing world. It is not just about sport, but has powerful implications for business and politics, as well as for parents and students. In other words, all of us. Drawing on a dizzying array of case studies and real-world examples, together with cutting-edge research on marginal gains, creativity and grit, Matthew Syed tells the inside story of how success really happens - and how we cannot grow unless we are prepared to learn from our mistakes.

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Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed is praised for highlighting the crucial role of embracing and learning from failure as a pathway to innovation and success. Renowned figures like James Dyson and Daniel Pink commend the book for its compelling narratives and insightful revelations into human error as a foundation for enlightenment rather than shame. Howard Jacobson appreciates the book's broad scope and Syed's argument for transforming failures into fresh opportunities for achievement.

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ISBN: 9781473613805

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 248g

Pages: 352

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Career Development Matthew Syed Matthew Syed Consulting Ltd Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Matthew Syed is a leading columnist and feature writer for The Times. He makes authored features for the BBC current affairs programme Newsnight and regularly appears on CNN International and World Service TV. He also gives business talks to major international corporate clients including Goldman Sachs, BP, Rolls-Royce, McKinsey, Manchester United, Oxford University and Vodafone. Before becoming a writer Matthew was the England table tennis number one for almost a decade, three times Commonwealth Champion, and he twice represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games.

Matthew Syed's first book, Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice, was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and became a UK best-seller.

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