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Smarter faster better : the secrets of productivity in life and business / Charles Duhigg.

Duhigg, Charles, (author.).

Summary:

Redefining productivity as a discipline involving how one thinks, identifies goals, constructs teams, and makes decisions, explains how to transform thinking behaviors toincrease self-motivation and shares illustrative examples.

Record details

ISBN: 9780812993394
ISBN: 081299339X
Physical Description: x, 380 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2016]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Motivation: reimagining boot camp, nursing home rebellions,and the locus of control -- Teams: psychological safety atGoogle and Saturday Night Live -- Focus: cognitive tunneling, Air France flight 447, and the power of mental models -- Goal setting: smart goals, stretch goals, and the Yom Kippur War -- Managing others: solving a kidnapping with lean and agile thinking and a culture of trust -- Decision making: forecasting the future (and winning at poker) with Bayesian psychology -- Innovation: how idea brokers and creative desperation saved Disney's Frozen -- Absorbing data: turning information into knowledge in Cincinnati's public schools. -- Appendix: a reader's guide to using these ideas.