About the book
Adam Grant examines how people push novel ideas and values against conformity, using studies and stories from business, politics, sports and entertainment. He looks at how to tell a good idea from a weak one, how to speak up without being shut down, how to build coalitions and pick the right moment to act, and how to manage fear and doubt. He also speaks to parents and teachers who want to nurture originality in children, and to leaders building cultures that welcome dissent. Among the cases are an entrepreneur who pitches start-ups by listing reasons not to invest, an Apple employee who pushed back on Steve Jobs from three levels down, and the TV executive who saved Seinfeld.
Richard Branson included it in his list of 65 books to read in a lifetime, and it appears among four business books that Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh said everyone should read.
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This book has 6 recommendations
Tony Hsieh (CEO/Zappos)
It's always interesting just to learn different perspectives, but to be careful of not trying to just say, 'Oh this book is the Bible, and we should copy that,' [...] Instead, I want us t0 take the parts that make sense for Zappos and try to incorporate them."
Recommended by Richard Branson (Founder/Virgin Group)
Recommended by Henry Medine (Co-Founder/Space Jam Data)
Source: Henry Medine, Co-Founder of Space Jam Data, Talks About His Favorite Books
Recommended by Antonio Eram (Founder & CEO/NETOPIA mobilPay)
Vanessa Keng (Co-Founder/The Golden Concepts)
For business insight, check out Alibaba's World by Porter Erisman and Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant.
Recommended by Chelsea Frank (Founder/Life and Limb Gel)
Source: Chelsea Frank, Founder of Life and Limb Gel, on How Books Revealed the Path to Self-Improvement
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- Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares 4 business books he thinks everyone should read
- My top 65 books to read in a lifetime
- Henry Medine, Co-Founder of Space Jam Data, Talks About His Favorite Books
- Antonio Eram, Founder of NETOPIA mobilPay, Shares the Books that Help Him Change, Rediscover, Reshape
- Vanessa Keng, Co-Founder of The Golden Concepts, on How Books Trigger Passion & Conviction
- Chelsea Frank, Founder of Life and Limb Gel, on How Books Revealed the Path to Self-Improvement