Brilliant Mistakes : : Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure / / Paul J. H. Schoemaker.
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 occa...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
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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