Adapt

Everything We Know About Solving The World's Problems Is Wrong. Out: Plans, Experts And Above All, Leaders. In: Adapting - Improvise Rather Than Plan; Fail, Learn, And Try Again In This Groundbreaking New Book, Tim Harford Shows How The World's Most Complex And Important Problems - Including Terrorism, Climate Change, Poverty, Innovation, And The Financial Crisis - Can Only Be Solved From The Bottom Up By Rapid Experimenting And Adapting. From A Spaceport In The Mojave Desert To The Street Battles Of Iraq, From A Blazing Offshore Drilling Rig To Everyday Decisions In Our Business And Personal Lives, This Is A Handbook For Surviving - And Prospering - In Our Complex And Ever-shifting World.