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Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World

Autor Melissa A Schilling
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 sep 2019
The science behind the traits and quirks that drive creative geniuses to make spectacular breakthroughs

What really distinguishes the people who literally change the world--those creative geniuses who give us one breakthrough after another? What differentiates Marie Curie or Elon Musk from the merely creative, the many one-hit wonders among us?

Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again. While all innovators possess incredible intellect, intellect alone, she shows, does not create a breakthrough innovator. It was their personal, social, and emotional quirkiness that enabled true genius to break through--not just once but again and again.

Nearly all of the innovators, for example, exhibited high levels of social detachment that enabled them to break with norms, an almost maniacal faith in their ability to overcome obstacles, and a passionate idealism that pushed them to work with intensity even in the face of criticism or failure. While these individual traits would be unlikely to work in isolation--being unconventional without having high levels of confidence, effort, and goal directedness might, for example, result in rebellious behavior that does not lead to meaningful outcomes--together they can fuel both the ability and drive to pursue what others deem impossible.

Schilling shares the science behind the convergence of traits that increases the likelihood of success. And, as Schilling also reveals, there is much to learn about nurturing breakthrough innovation in our own lives--in, for example, the way we run organizations, manage people, and even how we raise our children.
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ISBN-13: 9781541724532
ISBN-10: 1541724534
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 215 x 145 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
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Notă biografică

Melissa A. Schillingis the John Herzog Family professor of management and organizations at New York University's Stern School of Business, and one of the world's leading experts on innovation. Her textbook,Strategic Management of Technological Innovation(now in its fifth edition), is the number one innovation strategy text in the world, and is available in seven languages. Dr. Schilling is also a coauthor ofStrategic Management: An Integrated Approach, now in its 12th edition and one of the world's leading strategic management textbooks in the world.

Professor Schilling's doctorate in strategic management is from the University of Washington where her dissertation research analyzed technology standards battles in high technology industries. She sought answers to questions such as "How and why are dominant technologies chosen in 'winner-take-all' industries?" and "How do managers make the difficult choice between protecting their technologies with patents or copyrights, versus rapidly disseminating them to build support for their technologies?" This work positioned her on the forefront of research on innovation strategy, with expertise on industries such as smartphones, computers, software, and video games. Dr. Schilling subsequently expanded her research to include other high technology industries such as biotech, renewable energy, and electric vehicles. Her articles on innovation, creativity, alliances, and modularity have appeared in leading journals suchAcademy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Research PolicyandHarvard Business Review.

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"[A]n entertaining and enlightening romp through the lives of eight 'breakthrough innovators,' exploring their remarkable abilities, personalities and motives."
Financial Times

"I love this bookbecause it makes me think about thinking. Schilling very strongly makes thepoint that in a society where broad statistical approaches in education andscience seem to point us toward some mediocre median, that the biginnovations-the industry and civilization-changing innovations-still generallycome from cranky individuals who are determined that their way is the betterway. How do you make another Tesla, Curie, Jobs, or Musk? Schilling tells ushow."—Robert Cringely, author of Accidental Empires, Triumph of the Nerds, and Nerds 2.0.1.
"An interesting and well-crafted journey through the lives of those'quirky' women and men who transformed the world through innovation."—David Brin, NASA advisor, astrophysicist, and award-winning author of The Postman, The Transparent Society, and Existence
"A real page-turner ...a fascinating mixture of the life stories of radical innovators, such as ElonMusk and Marie Curie, expertly deconstructing them to reveal their underlyingcommonalities. What transpires is both wonderfully insightful and inspiring."—Freek Vermeulen, London Business School
"A captivating readwith inspirational biographies and valuable lessons to help light thatinnovative flame."—Daniel Levinthal, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
"Aninspiring journey of discovery. You'll finish the book understanding somethingof true genius."—Rita McGrath, Columbia University
"An exceptionallyrewarding marriage of biography and social science that will change the way youthink about winners and winning."—Ron Adner, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, author of The Wide Lens
"The realparadox of Schilling's work is that even though it looks at completelyextraordinary people, it may be most valuable for what it tells us about howorganizations can harness the innovative power of ordinary people."—Strategy + Business
"Quirkyis both brilliant biography and useful leadership guide. It is an easy to readbut deep exploration of the lives of individual innovators and their qualitiesmake for great history that also provides informative instruction for how wecan foster these qualities today in ourselves and our organizations."—800 CEO READ