Business & Career

A Bigger Prize

Business & Career

A Bigger Prize

Margaret Heffernan

Our culture is driven by competitiveness, from our families to our companies. But competition has had the exact opposite effect on making more money, creativity, and advancement. For all of our sakes, it's time we switched to a more cooperative structure because competition keeps us from moving forward as a society.

psychology

social-life

business-world

economics

12 min

6 Bite

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O czym to jest?

The book A Bigger Prize shows why competitiveness is dragging us down. Through these bites, you will see how competing schools, businesses, and communities, which are supposed to yield better scores, fewer costs, and greater outcomes, restrict cooperation and keep us from reaching our greatest potential.

Streszczenie książki

Margaret Heffernan is a British-American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker known for her work on leadership, business management, and organizational dynamics. She has written several books and articles on these topics and has delivered numerous talks and keynote speeches on subjects related to leadership, decision-making, and corporate culture. One of her well-known books is "Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril," published in 2011.

"As long as it (an issue) remains invisible, it is guaranteed to remain insoluble."

"On a voyage of exploration, how can you price what you’ll find before you even set sail?"

"Questions are the heart and soul of constructive conflict. They open up the exploration, bring in new information, and reframe debate."

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You've already lost if your life is a competition.

Overly competitive environments at school discourage creativity and encourage cheating.

Your relationships can be ruined by competition.

Competitiveness prevents us from cooperation and sharing.

Competition may have terrible effects on business, too.

It is possible to beat the idea of competition.

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