Description

We constantly encounter complex problems at home in our places of work and in society at large Even if we had all the time and money in the world sometimes no good solution can be found So what should we do especially when we cant wait The answer a workaround

For ages global corporations have been lecturing small organizations and notforprofits on how to get things done As it turns out it should have been the other way around In this groundbreaking audiobook awardwinning researcher Paulo Savaget shows how the most valuable lessons about problemsolving can be learned from the scrappiest groups

Savaget draws most of his examples from small organizations dedicated to social action that have made an art form out of subverting the status quo and have proved themselves adept at achieving massive wins with minimal resources Through his research Savaget identified the four workarounds that these groups commonly employ the piggyback the loophole the roundabout and the next best With vivid and fascinating examples from his life and travels he demonstrates how each one works and how to know which one to use when

The Four Workarounds shows how seemingly intractable problemsfrom public urination to the challenges of delivering lifesaving medicine to remote communitieswere addressed using unconventional tactics Some of the worlds biggest and most admired companies are already using Savagets research to transform the ways they do business And these same lessons can also revolutionize the ways we approach the challenges we all encounter every day of our lives

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books