Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected

Renninger Phd, Leeann

 
9781481523288: Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected
ISBN 10: 1481523287 ISBN 13: 9781481523288
Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB, 2015

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Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable andEngineer the Unexpected is anin-depth look at the phenomenon of surprise and how it can be managed andharnessed to great effect in our day-to-day lives.Pop quiz: Do you preferwhen things go according to plan or when the unexpected happens?Most of us pick controland predictability. Yet research reveals a counterintuitive truth: our bestmemories are the surprising ones. We feel most comfortable when things are certain,but we feel most alive when they're not. Surprise is also the little-known keyto growth, attention, and connection. In Surprise, the authors presentan unusual new perspective: by understanding the science of surprise, we can transform our work, relationships, andeveryday life from ordinary to extraordinary.Through colorfulnarratives and fascinating scientific findings, the authors shine a light onthe world's least understood and most intriguing emotion. They reveal howshifting our perception of surprise lets us thrive in the face of uncertainty.And they show us how surprise acts as a shortcut that turns a typical productinto a meaningful experience, a good idea into a viral one, awkward small talkinto engaging conversation, and everyday life into an adventure.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Tania Luna leads the culture department at LifeLabs New York, a company that helps people, teams, and organizations master life's most useful skills (from how to ask better questions to how to think more strategically). She is also the cofounder of Surprise Industries, the world's only company specializing in surprise. Tania writes for Psychology Today and conducts research on surprise.

LeeAnn Renninger, PhD, is the CEO and founder of LifeLabs New York. She received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Vienna, where she studied the differences between good and great communicators. At LifeLabs New York she helps managers around the globe catalyze better (and more surprising) thinking in themselves and others.

Tania and LeeAnn have spoken at a wide range of corporate events and to TED, TEDx, Yahoo Ignite, and YPO audiences. The authors provide training, organizational consulting, and team building for some of the world's most inspiring organizations, including Etsy, Whole Foods Market, Google, National Geographic, LinkedIn, Victoria's Secret, Warby Parker, Squarespace, Columbia University, and Yale University. Both authors live, work, and play in New York.



LeeAnn Renninger, PhD, is founder and CEO of LifeLabs New York.

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Verlag
BLACKSTONE PUB
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1481523287
ISBN 13 
9781481523288
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