Author: Adam Grant

Publisher: Viking

Comments: Adam Grant from Wharton School, addresses the challenge of improving the world, from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all? He tells surprising stories from different areas of life which explore how to recognise a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act and manage fear and doubt. He looks at how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children, and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent. Specific examples inlude Apple, the CIA, Finance and TV.