Brilliant Mistakes, Paul J.H. Schoemaker
Brilliant Mistakes, Paul J.H. Schoemaker
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Brilliant Mistakes
Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure

Author: Paul J.H. Schoemaker

Narrator: Dave Courvoisier

Unabridged: 5 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/01/2013

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Named #1 Best Business Book of 2011, by Patriot-News–PennLive.com

If you have ever flown in an airplane, used electricity from a nuclear power plant, or taken an antibiotic, you have benefited from a brilliant mistake.

Each of these life-changing innovations was the result of many missteps and an occasional brilliant insight that turned a mistake into a surprising portal of discovery. In Brilliant Mistakes, Paul Schoemaker, founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, shares critical insights on the surprising benefits of making well-chosen mistakes.

Brilliant Mistakes explores why minimizing mistakes may be the greatest mistake of all, situations when mistakes are most beneficial and when they should be avoided, the counter-intuitive idea that we should deliberately permit errors at times, and how to make the most of brilliant mistakes to improve business results.

Brilliant Mistakes is based on solid academic research and insights from Schoemaker’s work with more than 100 organizations, as well as his provocative Harvard Business Review article with Robert Gunther, “The Wisdom of Deliberate Mistakes.” Schoemaker provides a practical roadmap for using mistakes to accelerate learning for your organization and yourself.

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Reviews

Goodreads review by Ryan

This could have been a great book, and was a great concept, but it just wasn't all that good in implementation. The basic argument is you should try to falsify your beliefs through texts, try things which will succeed/fail in ways which are independent of mainstream beliefs or the rest of your "port......more

Goodreads review by Tara

This is an inspiring book that explores how the different types of mistakes can enable development, learning and innovation. It is well written and the examples of diverse and strong. There is attention to the great scholars and writers - and their mistakes. Most impressive was the framing of failure......more

Goodreads review by Dave

I think this book was misleadingly named. Sure, it talks about mistakes which are true mistakes, but it is really about taking reasonable risks. Be adventuresome, but be smart about the ventures that you undertake. You can trust your gut, but have a net. While I did enjoy this book, it was not any br......more

Goodreads review by Pablo

"An open mind is a fertile mind" - Paul J.H. Shoemaker This is a book that doesn't tell us anything new. We learn from mistakes and we must allow for our organizations and personal lives to have room for mistakes that can give us insights and change the way we think about things. With an interesting s......more