by Tim Harford
Harford argues complex problems yield to biological-style trial and error, not top-down grand plans. Adaptation needs variation, survivable failure, and honest selection, most institutions resist all three.
In this collection, Adapt references 2 other books.
It draws on The Innovator's Dilemma and The Lean Startup.
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Harford uses Christensen's innovator's dilemma on why planning fails.
Harford's argument parallels Ries's Lean Startup on rapid experimentation.
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