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Lädt ... Messy: How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World (2018. Auflage)von Tim Harford (Autor)
Werk-InformationenMessy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives von Tim Harford
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. "Messy" is filled with contrarian examples and anecdotes disputing the modern idea that the only way to be productive or creative is by sitting at a spotless desk in an empty room while Jonathan Ive stands behind you whispering design mantras in dulcet tones. On the other hand, a spotless desk works wonders for some people. "we are always reaching for tidy answers, only to find that they're of little use when the questions get messy." (258) It's funny; I've read so many of these books that I have become familiar with the stories it uses: Jane Jacobs, Flight 447, Amazon, Rommel, and so on. Unlike some of the others (The Checklist Manifesto, for instance), the argument is not for making things more orderly, but for accepting messiness and its virtues. The book is highly readable and entertaining, and it makes some good points, though I cannot stand having piles of papers around even though I know perfectly well that my filing system is where papers go to die. The human urge for order is not something you can just deny out-of-hand, no matter how counterproductive it may be. I recommend it. It's not intensely deep, but it has many interesting ideas. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"Utterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world." --Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take "Engrossing." --New York Times From the award-winning columnist and author of the national bestseller The Undercover Economist comes a provocative big idea book about the genuine benefits of being messy: at home, at work, in the classroom, and beyond. Look out for Tim's next book, The Data Detective. Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives celebrates the benefits that messiness has in our lives: why it's important, why we resist it, and why we should embrace it instead. Using research from neuroscience, psychology, social science, as well as captivating examples of real people doing extraordinary things, Tim Harford explains that the human qualities we value - creativity, responsiveness, resilience - are integral to the disorder, confusion, and disarray that produce them. From the music studio of Brian Eno to the Lincoln Memorial with Martin Luther King, Jr., from the board room to the classroom, messiness lies at the core of how we innovate, how we achieve, how we reach each other - in short, how we succeed. In Messy, you'll learn about the unexpected connections between creativity and mess; understand why unexpected changes of plans, unfamiliar people, and unforeseen events can help generate new ideas and opportunities as they make you anxious and angry; and come to appreciate that the human inclination for tidiness - in our personal and professional lives, online, even in children's play - can mask deep and debilitating fragility that keep us from innovation. Stimulating and readable as it points exciting ways forward, Messy is an insightful exploration of the real advantages of mess in our lives. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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What are publishers thinking of when they publish such drivel?
Reading this book felt like I was going through somebody's box of index cards on stuff he picked up in popular magazines or Malcolm Gladwell books. There is no original science here. There is no flow from one paragraph to another. In fact, there is no connection between the sub-title and what'a actually in this book.
Instead, you get a series of anecdotes about people who might have been smart, lucky?, disorganised? who did something remarkable. And then a few more stories to excoriate organisations that tried to (perhaps I should whisper it) ... organise stuff?
Should I be worried that my desk is clean? Does that make me pathological?
Maybe anarchy is to be embraced.
Who is this book written for? Office managers?
One thing we know for sure about Harford: he hasn't done any research himself on messiness.