Rebel Ideas
The Power of Diverse Thinking
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Matthew Syed
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Matthew Syed
About this listen
Where do the best ideas come from?
And how do we apply these ideas to the problems we face - at work, in the education of our children, and in the biggest shared challenges of our age: rising obesity, terrorism and climate change?
In this bold and inspiring new book, Matthew Syed - the bestselling author of Bounce and Black Box Thinking - argues that individual intelligence is no longer enough; that the only way to tackle these complex problems is to harness the power of our 'cognitive diversity'.
Rebel Ideas is a fascinating journey through the science of team performance. It draws on psychology, economics, anthropology and genetics, and takes lessons from a dazzling range of case-studies, including the catastrophic intelligence failings of the CIA before 9/11, a communication breakdown at the top of Mount Everest, and a moving tale of deradicalization in America's deep South.
It is a book that will strengthen any company, institution or team, but it also offers many individual applications too: the remarkable benefits of personalised nutrition, advice on how to break free of the echo chambers that surround us, and tips on how we can all develop an 'outsider mindset'.
Rebel Ideas offers a radical blueprint for creative problem-solving. It challenges hierarchies, encourages constructive dissent and forces us to think again about where the best ideas come from.
©2019 Matthew Syed Consulting Limited (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton LimitedMatthew is insightful and thought provoking in his eloquent use of persuasion.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to challenge their own concepts of human intelligence.
Engaging and powerful
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So many diverse topics all pulled together by a beautiful rebel thread. Don’t be a clone. Be a rebel.
Fantastically interesting
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A masterpiece of diverse thinking
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thought provoking
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The book then looks at how sometimes we subscribe people to being leaders and then that reduces the responsibility that others contribute. This argument is explained in why some air disasters and one particular episode where a number of people were killed on Everest occurred because people felt they couldn’t argue with people who had been assigned leaders. Everyone has a role. The book also has an interesting story about a white supremacist who had only mixed with people who had a similar mindset. However, once he began to mix more with people from different cultures and backgrounds who had a different viewpoint and came from a different culture, who tried to accept him rather than challenge him, his thinking changed. We need to be aware of the echo chambers that we sometimes are living in, fuelled even more so by social networks and the Internet. However, it isn’t just having great ideas that benefit society, it’s the ability to communicate socially with others to share these ideas. Not as good as Syed’s ‘black box thinking’, but a good read illustrated with some great stories.
Why we need to work together and think better
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