Smarter faster better : the secrets of being productive /

Redefining productivity as a discipline involving how one thinks, identifies goals, constructs teams, and makes decisions, explains how to transform thinking behaviors to increase self-motivation and shares illustrative examples.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Duhigg, Charles
Published: Random House Business Books,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
©2016
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Redefining productivity as a discipline involving how one thinks, identifies goals, constructs teams, and makes decisions, explains how to transform thinking behaviors to increase self-motivation and shares illustrative examples.
Carrier Form: viii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781847947437 (paperback) :
1847947433 (paperback)
9780812993394 (hardback)
081299339X (hardback)
Index Number: BF431
CLC: B848
Call Number: B848/D871-1
Contents: Motivation: re-imagining boot camp, nursing home rebellions, and the locus of control -- Teams: psychological safety at Google and Saturday Night Live -- Focus: cognitive tunneling, Air France flight 447, and the power of mental models -- Goal setting: smart goals, stretch goals, and the Yom Kippur War -- Managing others: solving a kidnapping with lean and agile thinking and a culture of trust -- Decision making: forecasting the future (and winning at poker) with Bayesian psychology -- Innovation: how idea brokers and creative desperation saved Disney's Frozen -- Absorbing data: turning info