Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
by Tim Harford
Trial and error beats grand plans: variation, survivability, selection, from Iraq to Google to development aid. Harford's best argument for experimentation.
Read it if…
you want a case for small experiments over big plans.
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Skip it if…
you want a method; see Little Bets.
Try instead: Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child →
Three things you will actually use
- Try many things.
- Make failures survivable.
- Select what works.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the Spitfire.
Our verdict
Success through failure.
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