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If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of 'obliquity': paradoxical as it sounds, many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly. The richest men and women are not the most materialistic; the happiest people are not necessarily those who focus on happiness, and the most profitable companies are not always the most profit-oriented as the recent financial crisis showed us. Whether overcoming geographical obstacles, winning decisive battles or meeting sales targets, history shows that oblique approaches are the most successful, especially in difficult terrain. John Kay applies his provocative, universal theory to everything from international business to town planning and from football to managing forest fire.
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This is an elegant, simple book and, rarely for a business book, is written by a man who actually understands the academics and philosophers he quotes. The best nine quid you'll spend this year (Jeremy Hazlehurst City AM)
[A] smart, witty book (William Leith Evening Standard)
John Kay is an admirable debunker of myths and false beliefs - he can see substantial things others don't. Read this book. (Nassim N Taleb The Black Swan)
Economics with style as well as substance (Stephen Bayley, architecture and design correspondent Observer)
Obliquity is a characteristic John Kay production. It is a pleasure to read (Howard Davies Financial Times)
How rare is it for an academic economist to write with such clarity, intelligence and courage. And, in these troubled, confusing times, how desperately we need other dismal scientists to follow John Kay's shining example. (Liam Halligan Spectator Business)
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[A] smart, witty book (William Leith Evening Standard)
John Kay is an admirable debunker of myths and false beliefs - he can see substantial things others don't. Read this book. (Nassim N Taleb The Black Swan)
Economics with style as well as substance (Stephen Bayley, architecture and design correspondent Observer)
Obliquity is a characteristic John Kay production. It is a pleasure to read (Howard Davies Financial Times)
How rare is it for an academic economist to write with such clarity, intelligence and courage. And, in these troubled, confusing times, how desperately we need other dismal scientists to follow John Kay's shining example. (Liam Halligan Spectator Business)
An original, widely-applicable concept from one of the world's foremost economists. Tim Harford says it is 'persuasive, rigorous, creative and wise. Brilliant'.
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- EditoreProfile Books Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2011
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- ISBN 13 9781846682896
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of 'obliquity': paradoxical as it sounds, many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly. Whether overcoming geographical obstacles, winning decisive battles or meeting sales targets, history shows that oblique approaches are the most successful, especially in difficult terrain.Pre-eminent economist John Kay applies his provocative, universal theory to everything from international business to town planning and from football to managing forest fires. He shows why the most profitable companies are not always the most profit-oriented; why the richest men and women are not the most materialistic; and why the happiest people are not necessarily those who focus on happiness. OBLIQUITY. 1. The general idea that many problems are best tackled indirectly. 2. An original, widely-applicable concept from one of the world's foremost economists.Obliquity will be The Tipping Point for the new decade Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781846682896
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