The Four Workarounds: How the World's Scrappiest Organizations Tackle Complex Problems

— —

Paulo Savaget

The Four Workarounds

How the World's Scrappiest Organizations Tackle Complex Problems

Paulo Savaget

$34.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

John Murray Publishers Ltd
28 February 2023

Social issues & processes; Business innovation; International organisations & institutions

"'A hymn to deviance and ""scrappiness"" and a rich repository of stories . . . Entertaining' Financial Times

'Original and inspiring' Olivier Sibony, bestselling co-author of Noise

'Helps us live happier, successful, and more fulfilling lives' Jenn Lim, CEO and co-founder of Delivering Happiness and bestselling author of Beyond Happiness

Real-world problems need real solutions. Often 'perfect' isn't an option, and we need something easy, smart, and quick: we need a workaround.

In this groundbreaking book, Oxford University professor and award-winning researcher Paulo Savaget shows how the most valuable lessons about problem-solving can be learned from the scrappiest, poorest groups. Savaget draws examples from organizations dedicated to social action that have made an art form out of subverting the status quo, proving themselves adept at achieving massive wins with minimal resources. They do this by employing four particular workarounds: the piggyback, the loophole, the roundabout, and the next best.

From remote Zambia to the waves of the North Sea, Brazilian mines to American biohackers, The Four Workarounds shows how seemingly intractable problems have been solved using unconventional tactics. Through these remarkable cases - spanning public urination to the challenges of delivering life-saving medicine to remote communities - we see how some of the world's most admired companies are already using Savaget's research to transform the ways they do business. And they can revolutionize how we approach the real challenges we encounter in our everyday lives."

By: Paulo Savaget
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781529346046
ISBN 10: 1529346045
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 28 February 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paulo Savaget is Associate Professor at the University of Oxford's Department of Engineering Science and Said Business School. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar, and has a background working as a researcher, consultant, and entrepreneur, finding innovative solutions for a more inclusive world. He lives in Oxford.

Reviews for The Four Workarounds: How the World's Scrappiest Organizations Tackle Complex Problems

Paulo Savaget cleverly reveals how you take scrappiness to success: the workaround. In The Four Workarounds, he uses real world examples to show us smart, efficient ways to problem-solve. This book helps us live happier, successful, and more fulfilling lives -- Jenn Lim, CEO and cofounder of Delivering Happiness, and New York Times bestselling author of 'Beyond Happiness' If you are tired of business books about the secrets of Amazon, prepare to be surprised by great ideas that come from the Amazon. Using a rich library of examples, Paulo Savaget shows how scrappy organizations tackle seemingly intractable problems, from illegal logging in Brazil to caste discrimination in India to children diarrhea in sub-Saharan Africa. His distillation of their robust, dynamic and creative methods is an original and inspiring read for anyone interested in nontraditional problem-solving approaches -- Olivier Sibony, Professor of Strategy at HEC Paris and New York Times bestselling co-author of 'Noise' The most effective companies have figured out how to hack their own problems and use the Four Workaround to bypass obstacles. But these hacks are also used by all changemakers. Read this book to discover how to unleash the Four Workarounds in your organization -- Steve Blank, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University and author of 'The Four Steps to the Epiphany' and 'The Startup Owners Manual' A smart guide to finding creative solutions for a variety of difficulties . . . clever case studies enlighten, and business readers will appreciate the suggestions on how to make one's workplace workaround friendly . . . Wise and level-headed, this delivers -- Publishers Weekly