<div class="raw-html-embed"><a href="https://staempflirecht.ch/studium">JUS-Studium? Das Fachwissen von Expertinnen und Experten des Schweizer Rechts – griffbereit!</a></div>

Über uns

À propos de nous

Nachhaltigkeit

Durabilité

Open Access

Karriere

Carrière

Aboverträge Kündigen

Résiliation d’abonnement

Vertrag widerrufen

Résiliation de contrat 

Datenschutz

Protection des données

Impressum

Mentions légales

Barrierefreiheit

Accessibilité

Zahlung und Lieferung

Paiement et livraison

Libra

Was ist Libra?

C'est quoi Libra ?

Kostenlos testen

Tester gratuitement

LEXIA

LEXIA Arbeitsrecht

Was ist LEXIA?

C'est quoi LEXIA ?

LEXIA Familienrecht

Zeitschriften

Revues

recht

Pflegerecht

ZBJV

forumpoenale

ZStrR

Anwaltsrevue

Revue de l'avocat

RSAS

FamPra.ch

ASYL

Life Science Recht

BlAR

Sachbuch

Livres spécialisés

LOKI

Semaphor

Fokusthemen

Focus

Thema

Recht studieren

Arbeitsrecht

Droit du travail

Studium

Études

Familienrecht

Droit de la famille

Sozialversicherungsrecht

Droit des assurances sociales

Strafrecht

Droit pénal

Aktienrecht

Droit des sociétés anonymes

Publikationen

Publications

Literatur

Digitales Angebot

Bücher

Livres

Buchreihen

Collections

Onlinemodule LEXIA

Modules en ligne LEXIA

recht.ch

Studienliteratur

Littérature pour les études

Swisslex

Dienstleistungen

Services

Dienstleistungen für

Corporate Books

Publishing Lösungen

Aktuelles

Geschäftskunden

Professionnels

Corporate Publishing

Content solutions

Buchhandlungen

Librairies

Veranstaltungen

Événements

Presse

Dozierende

Enseignants

Studierende

Étudiants

Inserierende

Annonceurs

Newsletter

Blog

Autorinnen/Autoren

Auteurs

Unsere Schreibenden

Hilfe

Unsere Autorinnen und Autoren

Liste

Autorenlounge

Espace des auteurs

Bei uns publizieren

Publier chez nous

Open Access Policy

Verlag

Éditions

Themen

Mehr wissen

Mitarbeitende

Collaborateurs

Geschichte

Histoire

Unser Magazin

Notre magazine

Vision und Mission

Vision et mission

Partner

Partenaires

Unternehmenskultur

Culture d'entreprise

Kontakt

Contact

Shop

Schweizer Recht

Ausländisches Recht

Über unseren Shop

Neuerscheinungen

Nouveautés

Sortiment & Suche

Catalogue & Recherche

Vorankündigungen

À paraître

Nach Rechtsgebiet

Par domaine juridique

Kommentare

Commentaires

Gesamtkatalog

Catalogue complet

Fachkatalog Recht

Catalogue de droit

This PDF has been created in accordance with the PDF/UA-1 standard to enhance accessibility, including screen reader support, described non-text content (images, graphs), bookmarks for easy navigation

Keine Barrierefreiheitsoptionen des Lesesystems aktiv deaktiviert (außer)

Die Verwendung von Farbe ist nicht das einzige Mittel zur Informationsvermittlung

Hoher Kontrast zwischen Text und Hintergrundfarbe

Strukturelle Navigation Nächste/Zurück

Alle nicht-dekorativen Inhalte unterstützen das Lesen ohne Sehvermögen

Kontakt zum Herausgeber für weitere Informationen zur Barrierefreiheit

Philosophy and Religion (R0)

Angé Weinrabe

Dominic Murphy

Culture and Addiction

Neuroscience and Affective Scaffolding

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part I. Understanding Addiction and Its Explanatory Models&lt;/strong&gt;.- 1. Presenting the Addiction Landscape.- 2. The Scaffolding and the Plumbing.- 3. Is Addiction a Disease?.- &lt;strong&gt;Part II. The Philosophical and Cultural Dimensions of Addiction&lt;/strong&gt;.-&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;4. Redirecting the Addiction Debate.- 5. Culture-as-Interaction (CAI).- 6. Culture-as-Practice (CAP).- 7. Conclusion: Rethinking Addiction Through Culture and Scaffolding.&lt;/p&gt;

A revolutionary new paradigm for understanding addiction Why do people with addiction use drugs self-destructively? Why don’t they quit out of self-concern? Why does the rat in the experiment, alone in a cage, press the lever again and again for cocaine—to the point of death? In this pathbreaking book, Hanna Pickard proposes a new paradigm for understanding the puzzle of addiction. For too long, our thinking has been hostage to a false dichotomy: either addiction is a brain disease, or it is a moral failing. Pickard argues that it is neither, and that both models stifle addiction research and fail people who need help. Drawing on her expertise as an academic philosopher and her clinical work in a therapeutic community, Pickard explores the meaning of drugs for people with addiction and the diverse factors that keep them using despite the costs. People use drugs to cope with suffering—but also to self-harm, or even to die. Some identify as “addicts," while others are in denial or struggle with cravings and self-control. Social, cultural, and economic circumstances are crucial to explaining addiction—but brain pathology may also matter. By integrating addiction science with philosophy, clinical practice, and the psychology and voices of people with addiction themselves, Pickard shows why there is no one-size-fits-all theory or ethics of addiction. The result is a heterogeneous and humanistic paradigm for understanding and treating addiction, and a fresh way of thinking about responsibility, blame, and relationships with people who use drugs.

A Philosophy of Addiction

What Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine?

This Palgrave Pivot provides a succinct yet holistic foundation in nudge theory, introducing a unique four-quadrant radar model which classifies nudges according to domain of application, intervention mechanism, psychological process, and design features. By mapping nudges across these interconnected analytical dimensions, the book reveals the underlying architecture of behavioral choice interventions.The book aims to root nudge analysis inherently as part of a broader choice architecture paradigm, moving beyond reductive classifications to reveal the hidden geometry of human decision-making. It aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals by highlighting the role of nudge theory in addressing global challenges, from health and environmental behaviors to digital ethics and policy innovation, while incorporating a range of case studies to illustrate the real-world implications of nudges. This concise and accessible resource will be a valuable tool for not only scholars and students, but also policymakers and professionals, working across the behavioral sciences on socio-economic policy issues. Whether you are designing interventions, evaluating nudge effectiveness, or seeking to understand the ethical dimensions of behavioral influence, this framework offers a practical yet theoretically rigorous approach to the evolving landscape of choice architecture.Alessia Dorigoni
 is a Researcher at the Neuroscience Consumer Lab at the University of Trento, Italy, where she analyzes eye movements, facial expressions, and galvanic skin response. She holds a PhD in Economics and Management, and her research expertise centers on consumer neuroscience, data analysis, and behavioral neuroeconomics.

This Palgrave Pivot provides a succinct yet holistic foundation in nudge theory, introducing a unique four-quadrant radar model which classifies nudges according to domain of application, intervention mechanism, psychological process, and design features. By mapping nudges across these interconnected analytical dimensions, the book reveals the underlying architecture of behavioral choice interventions.The book aims to root nudge analysis inherently as part of a broader choice architecture paradigm, moving beyond reductive classifications to reveal the hidden geometry of human decision-making. It aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals by highlighting the role of nudge theory in addressing global challenges, from health and environmental behaviors to digital ethics and policy innovation, while incorporating a range of case studies to illustrate the real-world implications of nudges. This concise and accessible resource will be a valuable tool for not only scholars and students, but also policymakers and professionals, working across the behavioral sciences on socio-economic policy issues. Whether you are designing interventions, evaluating nudge effectiveness, or seeking to understand the ethical dimensions of behavioral influence, this framework offers a practical yet theoretically rigorous approach to the evolving landscape of choice architecture.

A Multidimensional Framework for Nudging

Balancing Nudges between Individual Choice and Environmental Influence

Senior executives are drowning in information, trapped in meetings, and making consequential decisions without the time or space to think. More tools haven't solved the problem. They've amplifi ed it. When decision-making falters, the cost isn't ineffi ciency-it's stalled initiatives, strategic misalignment, and capital deployed to low-return bets.

In Artificial Organizations, Barry O'Reilly shows how to redesign the way you sense, frame, decide, and act by combining human and machine intelligence. You begin by identifying the traits that make you most effective, followed by the tasks where you create disproportionate value. Only then do you apply AI tools-so they sharpen judgment instead of adding noise.

Using this system will help you:
¿ increase decision velocity without sacrifi cing rigor
¿ improve decision quality under sustained pressure
¿ turn meetings and conversations into compounding information assets
¿ build a personal AI operating system that reinforces executive presence
¿ move from scattered productivity gains to durable decision advantage

Grounded in more than a decade advising CEOs and executive teams-and informed by building and scaling Nobody Studios, a global Top 10 AI venture studio-O'Reilly distills this experience into practical judgment infrastructure for the age of intelligence. 

Featuring real-world case studies from Amazon, American Airlines, Dotwork, HSBC, Progyny, Skyscanner, Slack, and more, Artifi cial Organizations shows how leading organizations have redesigned how decisions get made-not simply how work gets automated. 

This isn't about learning new tools. It's about transforming how you lead-so clarity, conviction, and results strengthen as speed increases across your organization.

Artificial Organizations

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Fascinating stories. . . . Boxing ourselves in may be the ultimate way to think outside the box." —Wall Street Journal “I thought David Epstein’s first two books were brilliant, but Inside the Box is his best. I’ll never think about my own work the same way again.” —Malcolm Gladwell It's never been easier to do too much. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Range, why limits are the key to stimulating creativity, innovation, collaboration, and personal contentment. We live in a world that gives us seemingly infinite choices and prizes freedom above all else. We have an unprecedented number of options regarding what to do, who to be, and how to spend our time. All that choice is wonderful; it is also overwhelming. The irony is that total freedom can be paralyzing, and unlimited resources don’t necessarily lead to the biggest breakthroughs. In fact, overvaluing complete freedom can be disastrous for everything from starting a company to harnessing creativity to finding personal satisfaction. David Epstein argues that all of us—individuals, businesses, institutions, even societies—can benefit from narrowing our options. He dives into the science and practice of constraints, exploring exactly when and how guardrails can be beneficial, whether we’re working with limited resources or using self-imposed boundaries to tap unexpected wells of focus and innovation. Original, galvanizing, and deeply researched, Inside the Box tells absorbing stories of people and organizations that embraced constraints to transform themselves, and the world—as well as a few that struggled from a lack of limits. Epstein reveals how boundaries create breakthroughs, and how setting the right constraints can help you become the most creative, productive, and satisfied version of yourself.

“I thought David Epstein’s first two books were brilliant, but Inside the Box is his best. I’ll never think about my own work the same way again.” —Malcolm Gladwell It's never been easier to do too much. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Range, why limits are the key to stimulating creativity, innovation, collaboration, and personal contentment. We live in a world that gives us seemingly infinite choices and prizes freedom above all else. We have an unprecedented number of options regarding what to do, who to be, and how to spend our time. All that choice is wonderful; it is also overwhelming. The irony is that total freedom can be paralyzing, and unlimited resources don’t necessarily lead to the biggest breakthroughs. In fact, overvaluing complete freedom can be disastrous for everything from starting a company to harnessing creativity to finding personal satisfaction. David Epstein argues that all of us—individuals, businesses, institutions, even societies—can benefit from narrowing our options. He dives into the science and practice of constraints, exploring exactly when and how guardrails can be beneficial, whether we’re working with limited resources or using self-imposed boundaries to tap unexpected wells of focus and innovation. Original, galvanizing, and deeply researched, Inside the Box tells absorbing stories of people and organizations that embraced constraints to transform themselves, and the world—as well as a few that struggled from a lack of limits. Epstein reveals how boundaries create breakthroughs, and how setting the right constraints can help you become the most creative, productive, and satisfied version of yourself.

How Constraints Make Us Better

Inside the Box

Don Winslow’s acclaimed fiction collection, featuring “Crime 101,” soon to be a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, and Monica Barbaro.No matter how you come into this world, you come out broken . . .&nbsp;Hailed as “one of America’s greatest storytellers” (Stephen King), #1 international bestseller Don Winslow presents&nbsp;six intense short novels with characters—some familiar, some new—&nbsp;connected by the themes of crime, vengeance, guilt, and redemption. It includes:<ul><li>Crime 101: A string of high-level jewel heists up and down the Pacific Coast Highway has gone unsolved for years, mostly because the perpetrator has lived by a strict code he calls “Crime 101.”&nbsp;Police attribute the thefts to the Colombian cartels.&nbsp;But Detective Lou Lubesnick’s gut says it’s the work of just one man.&nbsp;Now the lone-wolf jewel thief is looking for that fabled final last score.&nbsp;And Lou breaks all the rules of Crime 101…</li><li>Broken: Police dispatcher Eva McNabb takes the call on a police officer’s brutal murder by a vicious drug gang.&nbsp;It’s her own kid, Danny.&nbsp;Then Eva makes her own call.&nbsp;Summoning her elder son, Jimmy, also a cop, Eva commands: Avenge your brother.&nbsp;I want you to kill them all.</li><li>The Last Ride: To former soldier and cowboy-turned-Border Patrol agent Cal Strickland, the illegals who try to jump his stretch of the Texas-Mexico border are a nameless, faceless group who need to be sent back to their side of the line. That is, until he sees the little girl in the cage. And Cal knows that the time has come to make a stand and help her escape.</li></ul>With his trademark blend of insight, humanity, humor, action, and the highest level of literary craftsmanship, Winslow delivers a collection of tales that have become classics of crime fiction.“While Winslow is in widely fluent in many different prose techniques&nbsp;— from the twisty punchline felonies of Elmore Leonard and Robert B. Parker to the&nbsp;rebop riffs of James Ellroy to mega-works of dark literature a la Cormac McCarthy and James Lee Burke&nbsp;— he's not 'copying' anyone. He's writing his OWN masterpieces and just happens to do so in the fashion appropriate to the work. . . . Every piece in&nbsp;Broken&nbsp;is a winner and compellingly different.”&nbsp;—&nbsp;The Day&nbsp;(CT)“Broken&nbsp;will make you laugh and cry, but in the end will explain why&nbsp;The New York Times&nbsp;thinks Winslow is simply ‘the greatest.’ . . . He crafts every sentence until it beats to a rhythm of its own. . . .&nbsp;Broken&nbsp;is devastating and brilliant.” —&nbsp;Sydney Morning Herald

A Novella

Crime 101 [Movie Tie-in]

Exposes the anatomy of organizational harm and how to save institutions from toxic culture While we often read about corporate scandals, we are left wondering: why do organizations keep causing harm?​​​​​​​ Benjamin van Rooij and Nicholas Lord argue that to truly understand and address the impacts of dysfunctional organizations we must look beyond the senior executives and/or leaders and understand the deeper problems in the organization itself. To do so, Toxic uses dozens of in-depth case studies to connect the dots between various scandals and illustrate the deeper toxic patterns within organizations that lead to them. Each chapter recounts compelling stories of individuals caught within these toxic systems and addresses urgent societal challenges such as environmental degradation, the opioid epidemic, the harms of social media, and police abuse. Stories include: <ul><li>Boeing focusing so much on its day-to-day share price that it lost sight of ensuring the long-term safety of its 737 MAX airplanes.</li><li>Volkswagen experimenting with monkeys locked in cages breathing exhaust fumes in a desperate attempt to deny the harm of its “clean diesel” engines.</li><li>How the Oakland Police Department taught its rookies to engage in racist and abusive policing practices, resisting decades-long attempts to reform the department.</li></ul> Revealing, accessible, and engaging, Toxic, breaks down the core characteristics of toxic organizations and shows readers how to recognize and address toxicity in their everyday lives.

Exposes the anatomy of organizational harm and how to save institutions from toxic cultures While we often read about the scandals organizations cause, we are often left wondering: why do organizations keep causing harm? Benjamin van Rooij and Nicholas Lord argue that to truly understand and address the impacts of dysfunctional workplaces we must understand the economic, social, and governmental contexts. To do so, Toxic uses dozens of in-depth case studies to connect the dots between various scandals and illustrate the deeper toxic patterns within organizations that lead to them. Each chapter recounts compelling stories of individuals caught within these toxic systems and addresses urgent societal challenges such as climate change, structural abuse, and the failures of both private and public institutions. Stories include: <ul><li>The role the US Federal Aviation Authority played in Boeing’s failure to ensure the safety of its 737 MAX airplanes</li><li>Volkswagen executives installing emission cheating software in 11 million vehicles</li><li>How Monsanto suppressed critical scientific evidence of the harmful nature of some of its most important products.</li></ul> Accessible, engaging, and full of insight, Toxic, breaks down the core characteristics of toxic organizations and equips readers with tools to unearth and prevent toxicity.

How Organizations Go Bad

Toxic

The Grieving Brain Series

“No one has done more for the science of grief than Mary-Frances O’Connor. Deeply human and wise, The Grieving Body delivers a grounded, logical understanding of the effects of stress and loss on our bodies. O’Connor doesn’t just explain what happens and why, she offers hopeful, beautiful solutions to support ourselves and our world.” - Megan Devine, author of It’s Ok that You’re Not OkThe follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief—and life’s other major stressors—on the human body.Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor specializes in the study of grief, and in The Grieving Body she shares vital scientific research, revealing imperative new insights on its profound physiological impact. As she did in The Grieving Brain, O’Connor combines illuminating studies and personal stories to explore the toll loss takes on our cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems and the larger implications for our long-term well-being.The Grieving Body addresses questions about how bereavement affects us, such as: <ul><li>Can we die of a broken heart?</li><li>What happens in our bodies when we’re grieving?</li><li>How do our coping behaviors affect our physical health?</li><li>What is the cognitive impact of grief?</li><li>Why are we more prone to illness during times of enormous stress?</li><li>and more</li></ul> Research-backed, warm, and empathetic, The Grieving Body is an essential, hopeful read for those experiencing loss as well as their supportive friends and family.The Grieving Body features helpful practices to support you in your grief and 4 black-and-white charts and graphs.“An excellent choice for readers seeking bereavement support.” - Library Journal (starred review)

“No one has done more for the science of grief than Mary-Frances O’Connor. Deeply human and wise, The Grieving Body delivers a grounded, logical understanding of the effects of stress and loss on our bodies. O’Connor doesn’t just explain what happens and why, she offers hopeful, beautiful solutions to support ourselves and our world.” - Megan Devine, author of It’s Ok that You’re Not OkThe follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief—and life’s other major stressors—on the human body.Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor specializes in the study of grief, and in The Grieving Body she shares vital scientific research, revealing imperative new insights on its profound physiological impact. As she did in The Grieving Brain, O’Connor combines illuminating studies and personal stories to explore the toll loss takes on our cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems and the larger implications for our long-term well-being.The Grieving Body addresses questions about how bereavement affects us, such as: <ul><li>Can we die of a broken heart?</li><li>What happens in our bodies when we’re grieving?</li><li>How do our coping behaviors affect our physical health?</li><li>What is the cognitive impact of grief?</li><li>Why are we more prone to illness during times of enormous stress?</li><li>and more</li></ul> Research-backed, warm, and empathetic, The Grieving Body is an essential, hopeful read for those experiencing loss as well as their supportive friends and family.The Grieving Body features helpful practices to support you in your grief and 4 black-and-white charts and graphs.“An excellent choice for readers seeking bereavement support.” - Library Journal (starred review)

How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing

The Grieving Body

'At last, a sensible and penetrating look at the possibility of life on Mars ... Bravo to Benner, one of the world's most accomplished chemists, for putting the possibility of extant Martian life back on the scientific agenda' Paul Davies, author of Quantum 2.0 Are we alone in the universe? Mars has always seemed where we were likeliest to find the answer. Yet, since the Viking landers touched down in 1976, no mission has returned to the Martian surface to search directly for life living there now. Instead we're searching the moons of outer planets, or the atmospheres of planets many light years away.In Meet the Neighbors, pioneering astrobiochemist Steven A. Benner argues that this was a historic mistake. That we're looking in the wrong place. Drawing on the Viking archive and explaining how the scientific process failed, he re-examines the mission that first searched for extant Martian life and makes the provocative case that its results were misunderstood. In the decades that have followed, Mars science has focused on water, geology and past habitability, while the most direct question - is anything alive on Mars today? - has been pushed aside.Benner shows why Mars remains the most accessible place to discover a second origin of life, and why finding even microbial organisms there would transform our understanding of our place in the cosmos. He also asks a deeper question: what counts as life in the first place? From the chemistry that may give rise to living systems to "agnostic" tools capable of detecting unfamiliar biology, he lays out a bold and practical blueprint for the next phase of exploration.At once a scientific detective story, a challenge to decades of orthodoxy, and a lucid guide to one of humanity's biggest questions, Meet the Neighbors is the definitive, urgent brief on where to go, what to measure, and why the next discovery won't just change textbooks - it will rewrite our place in the universe.

Life on Mars and How to Find It

Meet the Neighbors

In this new translation, a world-renowned scholar brings out the metaphysical, moral, and poetic power of Laozi's classical Chinese textDrawing on his extensive study of philosophy, religion, and literature across traditions, David Bentley Hart, with the help of Patrick Robert Hart, presents Laozi's timeless work and its paradoxical wisdom with clarity and grace.Mesmerized by the Tao Te Ching's condensed and elliptical nature, and moved by both its generosity and restraint, Hart began his study of the text forty years ago. It is a work, he shows us, that abounds in paradox, telling us that true strength lies in yielding, true wealth in possessing nothing, true greatness in humility, true wisdom in apparent folly, true glory in hiddenness, and the highest victory in an indifference to struggles for dominance. Its essential vision is of a world charged with spiritual forces-a world always full because inherently empty of itself. This translation honors the text's enigmas, subtleties, and poetic graces but also strives for the purest clarity of meaning.

A New Translation

Tao Te Ching

ISO 9001 2026 Beyond Compliance: A Practical Guide to Transitioning and Improving Organizational Performance provides organizations with a comprehensive roadmap for successfully transitioning from ISO 9001:2015 to ISO 9001:2026 while transforming their quality management system from a compliance obligation into a strategic business management tool. Written in response to the first major revision of the world's most widely adopted quality management system standard in over a decade, this book addresses enhanced emphasis on organizational context, climate change, quality culture, ethical behavior, digitalization, cybersecurity, and data-driven decision-making, helping organizations achieve meaningful improvements in performance, customer satisfaction, and operational effectiveness.Readers gain access to practical implementation guidance, transition strategies, and real-world examples that demonstrate how to apply ISO 9001:2026 as a framework for leadership engagement, customer focus, strategic alignment, and operational excellence. Comprehensive appendices provide operational perspectives on risk-based thinking, organizational knowledge, competency development, digital systems integration, AI and cybersecurity considerations, organizational resilience, and continual improvement. These features are important because they enable organizations to understand not only what the standard requires, but how to apply quality management principles effectively in complex, technology-driven business environments to achieve sustainable business results.This book is written for Quality Managers, Quality Directors, Operations Managers, Plant Managers, Chief Operating Officers, Management Representatives, Internal Auditors, Continuous Improvement Managers, Management Systems Consultants, and senior leaders responsible for implementing, maintaining, or improving ISO 9001-based quality management systems.

A Practical Guide to Transitioning and Improving Organizational Performance

ISO 9001 2026 Beyond Compliance

The Science and Practice of Changing Other People’s Minds in Business, Relationships, and Everyday Life

How Persuasive Are You?

Anyone can be a contrarian. Effective leaders are smart about when--and how--they go against conventional wisdom to succeed.Contrarians are, by and large, ineffective. Their countervailing ideas don't gain support. Their pleas for understanding are dismissed. Their efforts to change minds backfire. But it's not because they're always wrong. It's because they're not smart about going against the grain. People tend to think of contrarianism as some innate trait that you either have or you don't. It's not. It's a way of thinking and a set of skills that can be learned and practiced.This provocative and deeply researched book teaches those skills. Strategy scholars Chengwei Liu and Balázs Kovács reveal how exceptional performance is far less predictable--and far less meritocratic--than most people believe. Drawing on insights from behavioral science, business strategy, finance, sports, entertainment, and entrepreneurship, they show how luck, social dynamics, institutional conformity, and hidden biases shape who succeeds, who fails, and which ideas rise to the top.The authors uncover why consensus thinking so often leads organizations and leaders astray through fascinating stories ranging from PSY's "Gangnam Style" to the rise of Capital One to venture capital bets, celebrity CEOs, financial collapses, and viral cultural phenomena. They introduce a powerful framework for spotting overlooked opportunities, avoiding costly decision traps, and building organizations that learn faster than their competitors do.Leaders and professionals who thrive are not reckless rebels or irrational gamblers but disciplined, smart contrarians who know how to separate signal from hype, skill from luck, and genuine innovation from fashionable noise.Fresh and highly original--and a joy to read--Smart Contrarians is the guide for executives, leaders, entrepreneurs, and all ambitious professionals who want to zig when everyone else zags.

How to Think Differently about Thinking Differently

Smart Contrarians

Culture and Addiction

Weitere Titel zum Thema