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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Schoemaker, Paul J. H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.)

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

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Dedication in Memoriam -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: When Wrong Is Right -- Part One. Rethinking Mistakes -- CHAPTER 1 Context Matters: Defining Mistakes -- CHAPTER 2 Not All Errors Are Equal: Brilliant Mistakes -- CHAPTER 3 Why and How We Err: Causes and Remedies -- Part Two. Designing for Mistakes -- CHAPTER 4 Faster Learning: A Practical Road Map -- CHAPTER 5 Deliberate Mistakes: Creating Portals of Discovery -- CHAPTER 6 Portfolio of Mistakes: Hedging Conventional Wisdom -- Part Three: Putting It All Together -- CHAPTER 7 The Prepared Mind: Detecting Anomalies -- Epilogue: Musing About Mistakes -- Appendix A Einstein’s 23 Mistakes -- Appendix B Expected Utility Analysis -- Appendix C Portfolio Justifications -- Appendix D How Your Mind Plays Tricks -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- About Wharton School Press -- About The Wharton School