Upstream
by Dan Heath
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Heath argues we spend too much time reacting to problems when we should prevent them upstream. The shift requires overcoming tunneling, ownership gaps, and the invisibility of non-events.
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It draws on Thinking, Fast and Slow, Thinking in Systems and Made to Stick.
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Heath references Kahneman's cognitive biases on reacting vs preventing.
Heath draws on Meadows's systems thinking for upstream causes.
Heath builds on his earlier Made to Stick principles.
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