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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
1 | Creativity | Bowie, Eno, and Darwin: How Frustration and Distraction Help Us Solve Problems in Art, Science, and Life
2 | Collaboration | Paul Erdős and the Robbers Cave: Why Tidy Teams Have More Fun but Messy Teamwork Gets More Done
3 | Workplaces | Where Steve Jobs Went Wrong, and Why It’s Nobody Else’s Business Whether You Tidy Your Desk
4 | Improvisation | Martin Luther King, the Help Desk, and the Unexpected Benefits of Letting Go of the Script
5 | Winning | Bezos, Rommel, Trump: How to Use Mess as a Weapon in Business, Politics, and War
6 | Incentives | The Prime Minister and the Paramedic: The Pitfalls of Imposing Tidy Targets on a Messy World
7 | Automation | Flight 447 and the Jennifer Unit: When Human Messiness Protects Us from Computerized Disaster
8 | Resilience | Broken Windows, Stomach Ulcers, and the Dangerous Belief That Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness
9 | Life | Franklin, Schwarzenegger, and the Genius Who Hacked OkCupid: Why We Should Value Mess in Our Inbox, Our Conversations, and Our Children’s Play
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
About the Author
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