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  • Rebel Ideas

  • The Power of Diverse Thinking
  • By: Matthew Syed
  • Narrated by: Matthew Syed
  • Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (71 ratings)

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Rebel Ideas

By: Matthew Syed
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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 best-selling 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.

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eye opening!

loved the ways this book helped shape my views on problem solving and teamwork thats been obviously in front of me for years but put it in a very understandable format

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Breadth of the subject

Best book on the broad subject of diversity period. Syed does a masterful job of describing the value, importance and critical importance of diversity of all kinds leveraging real world examples, studies and data.

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The Science of Diversity

Thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed Syed’s book on the tremendous opportunities gained and to be gained if we have a more rigorous method to value “diversity”.

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great insight into diversity

great insight into the diversity conundrum where two political sides fight. the author disregards the fight and provides anecdotal proof along with scientific analysis. I believe all corporations and agencies should read

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JP

in chapter three, i couldn't believe the author referenced Jordan Peterson's hierarchical nonsense. I was so engaged until that. why? you could have used other scientific literature.

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Some worthwhile nuggets. Mostly a compilation

It's been hit-or-miss for me with Syed's books previous to this one (I loved Black Box Thinking!), but this one was a partial hit - so neither hit nor miss. It's mostly a compilation of popular works from others, extended and further interpreted by Syed to say more than the original works (with ample credit always given for the originators, or at least the modern-day popularizers). Overall I think this book is worthwhile because of the importance of the main thesis - diversity is crucial in many areas of society, technology, science, etc. - and because of Syed's extensions, a few of which I considered to be non-trivial and borderline profound.

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Thought provoking and well researched

I am a fan of Matthews work from Bounce and onwards, this book is very well sourced and looks in detail at the blind spots we all face. Chapter 5 is so prevalent in todays world of mistrust amongst social media and mainstream media I highly recommend everyone have a read / listen!

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Very compelling insights on the value of diversity

Very good read, a paradigm-shifting and insightful look into the value of cognitive diversity for modern-day creative problem-solving

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