The up side of down : why failing well is the key to success / Megan McArdle.
By: McArdle, Megan [author.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2014Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-290) and index.Description: xiv, 299 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780670026142 (hardback); 067002614X (hardback).Subject(s): Success in business | Success | Failure (Psychology)DDC classification: 650.1 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 650.1 M118 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003490166 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-290) and index.
Failure is fundamental -- The virtuous society -- The experimenters -- Accidents, mistakes, failures, and disasters -- Crisis -- Admitting you have a problem -- Getting unstuck -- Blame -- Punishment -- Forgiveness -- Coda.
Argues that business leaders have to learn how to harness the power of failure, which can help them learn, reinvent, and think differently.
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