Upstream
How to Solve Problems Before They Happen
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Narrated by:
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Dan Heath
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Dan Heath
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Brought to you by Penguin.
New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath asks what happens when we take our thinking upstream and try to prevent problems before they happen.
We all have a tendency to work around problems. We are resourceful. We improvise. We’re so accustomed to managing emergencies as they strike that we often don’t stop to think about how we could prevent crises before they happen. Why 'solve' crimes when we could stop them being committed? Why treat chronic diseases when they could be prevented from developing? Why provide shelter for the homeless rather than working to keep people housed in the first place? Why do our efforts skew so heavily towards reaction rather than prevention?
The notion of preventing problems is an evergreen need in our professional and daily lives. Which makes Upstream a book for skeptical optimists - across all sectors - who know it's not going to be easy, but who believe that we have the capacity to solve some of our thorniest issues, if only we start to think about the system rather than the symptoms. Drawing on insights from Dan Heath's extensive research, as well as hundreds of new interviews with unconventional problem solvers, he delivers practical solutions for preventing problems rather than simply reacting to them.
Includes a supplementary PDF.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-12-2022
A great audio with positive transforming life tools.
A great audio with positive transforming life tools.
Contributes to mindset awareness to navigating life.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-03-2021
Thought provoking read and great examples of upstream thinking
Great read for Managers, leaders and trainers looking for inspiration and examples as they prepare to set sail and take their teams upstream
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 24-05-2020
The Socialist Manifesto?
Overall I enjoyed the book and the forward thinking that it promotes. However, some of the political implications are not sufficiently discussed, nor the dangers that may await us by adapting a more "upstream" approach.
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- Scott
- 16-06-2024
The writer, is clearly a liberal at heart
Started strong, made bold assumptions, contradicted himself in the later half. The general concepts of changing the system got lost in the liberal messages. Poverty entrenches things, helicopter money from big brother is not the answer. Connection and community with decentralization is.
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