The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (856 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1508238308 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 409 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Relief workers who beat a deadly health practice in one village by causing the locals to “trip over the truth.” The scrappy team that turned around one of the worst elementary schools in the country by embracing an intervention that lasts less than an hour.Listeners discover how brief experiences can change lives, such as the experiment in which two strangers meet in a room, and forty-five minutes later, they leave as best friends. The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work.What if a te
He lives in Los Gatos, California. With his brother Dan Heath, he is the coauthor of The Power of Moments.Dan Heath is a consultant at Duke Corporate Education, one of the world's top providers of executive education. His research has appeared in a variety of academic journals, and popular accounts of his research have appeared in Scientific Amer
His research has appeared in a variety of academic journals, and popular accounts of his research have appeared in Scientific American, the Financial Times, The Washington Post, BusinessWeek, Psychology Today, and Vanity Fair. With his brother Chip Heath, he is the coauthor of The Power of Moments. Dan received his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he wrote case studies on entrepreneurship that are still used in business school programs. Heath is also the co-founder of Thinkwell, a publishing company dedicated to creating high-quality, multimedia university textbooks. He lives in Los Gatos, California. About the Author Chip Heath is a Professor of Organizat