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In Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, the New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take examines how people can champion new ideas and how leaders can fight groupthink. In his previous book, Adam Grant established himself as one of his generation’s most compelling and provocative thought leaders.

Now he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain and buck outdated traditions.

How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all?

Grant uses surprising studies and stories that span business, politics, sports and entertainment to explore how to recognise a good idea. He also discovers how to speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt. In addition he looks at how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children, and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent.

Originals provides a set of groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and improving the status quo. It provides the opportunity to learn from an entrepreneur who pitches his start-ups by highlighting the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who overturned the rule of secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees for failing to criticize him, and a TV executive who did not even work in come dy but saved Seinfeld from the cutting-room floor.