A Perfect Mess

出版者:Back Bay Books

作者:Eric Abrahamson

页数:352

出版时间:2008-1-8

价格:USD 14.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780316013994

具体描述

"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 MESS 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 MESS." -Fast Company

作者简介

埃里克·亚伯拉罕森

哥伦比亚大学商学院管理学教授，著有《没有任何副作用的改变》。他的独特且具有争议的研究被认为是挑战传统的管理智慧。他已在包括《哈佛商业评论》在内的众多顶级管理期刊上发表文章，并经常为全世界的管理层听众演讲。

读后感

1.老妈的十(万)个为什么 Not surprisingly, my mother, who is incredibly organized and neat , always feels comfused as soon as geting into my department. In the following sentences, for example ,there are something she may never understand so she has to quset ...  

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混乱的益处 1.适应性：使得混乱的系统能够更快、更显著地以更多样的方式轻松切换。而整洁系统则更加严格，对于要求改变的呼声、突发事件和新情况都反映较慢。 2.完整性：混乱系统能够最大限度地容纳多样的实体，而有序系统往往会减少数量，削弱多样性，从而失去了它们带来收益...