A Perfect Mess by Eric Abrahamson
An engaging polemic against the neat-police who hold so much sway over our lives. -The Wall Street Journal Enthusiastically embraced by readers everywhere, this groundbreaking book is an antidote to the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, neatness, and consistency are the keys to success. With an astounding array of anecdotes and case studies of the useful role mess can play in business, parenting, cooking, the war on terrorism, hardware stores, and even the meteoric career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, coauthors Abrahamson and Freedman demonstrate that moderately messy systems use resources more efficiently, yield better solutions, and are harder to break than neat ones. From clutter to time sprawl to blurring of categories, A PERFECT MES will forever change the way we think about disorder. A compelling and comical tour of humanity's guilt-ridden love affair with accidents, messes, and randomness. Combine the world-is-not-as-it-seems mindset of Freakonomics with the delicious celebration of popular culture found in Everything Bad Is Good for You to get the cocktail-party-chatter-ready anecdotes of 'messiness leading to genius' in A PERFECT MES. -Fast CompanyDavid H.Freedman is an Inc. contributor editor. He has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Science, Wired, and many more magazines on science, business, and technology. His most recent book, Wrong, was published in June 2010 and is about why experts continue to fail us. His most recent book, A Perfect Mess, was coauthored and is on the usefulness of disorder in everyday life, business, and science. He has also written works about the United States Marine Corps, computer crime, and artificial intelligence.
Making Sense of Medicine, Freedman's blog, takes a detailed, critical look at medical findings that are currently making news, with the goal of separating fact from fiction. He lives in the Boston area.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316114752 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316114758 |
| Title | A Perfect Mess |
| Author | Eric Abrahamson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little Brown and Company |
| Year published | 2007-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 327 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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