Name: Cassandra Tang's review of Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed
Item: Rebel Ideas
Rating: 4
Author: Cassandra Tang

Matthew Syed

Ideas are everywhere, but those with the greatest problem-solving, business-transforming, and life-changing potential are often hard to identify. Even when we recognize good ideas, applying them to everyday obstacles—whether in the workplace, our homes, or our civic institutions—can seem insurmountable. According to Matthew Syed, it doesn't have to be this way. In Rebel Ideas, Syed argues that our brainpower as individuals isn't enough. To tackle problems from climate change to economic decline, we'll need to employ the power of "cognitive diversity." Drawing on psychology, genetics, and beyond, Syed uses real-world scenarios including the failings of the CIA before 9/11 and a communication disaster at the peak of Mount Everest to introduce us to the true power of thinking differently. Rebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an "outsider mind-set" as our greatest asset. Matthew Syed is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Black Box Thinking, Bounce, and The Greatest. He writes an award-winning newspaper column in The Times and is the host of the hugely successful BBC podcast Flintoff, Savage and the Ping Pong Guy.

The Power of Diverse Thinking

Rebel Ideas

Cassandra Tang

Give people the autonomy to create their own spaces, and they come up with something better than almost anything else you can give them.

Innovation is not just about creativity, it is also about connections.

If you really consider differences of opinion and dissenting views and different experiential bases, what you get is a richer and more accurate view of the world

If we are intent upon answering our most serious questions, from climate change to poverty, and curing diseases to designing new products, we need to work with people who think differently, not just accurately.

Simple but important concepts communicated through a variety of fascinating real life examples. 

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           Amazing head start on perspective blindness and goes straight to the point ☝️👉

>> Different experiences yield new perspectives to be shared.

>> Homophily occurs when a group of people with the same experiences and perspectives comes together. But this doesn’t yield results; it is effectively a group of people with cloned ideas.

>> Homophily happens when groups of like-minded people collaborate to solve a problem. Nothing out of the ordinary occurs.

≥> businesses with high ethnic and racial diversity levels are 35% more likely to outperform their competitors in terms of profits.

>>Having too many dominant managers in place who aren’t open to new suggestions can completely destroy communication.

>> Echo chambers cause you to be stuck in a box. Nothing changes, everything remains the same, and your view is static.

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