Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure

Adapt by Tim Harford is a groundbreaking book that offers a new approach to solving complex problems in our lives.

By weaving together psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, physics, and economics, Harford makes a passionate case for the importance of adaptive trial and error in tackling issues such as climate change, poverty, and financial crises—as well as fostering innovation and creativity in our business and personal lives.

This book provides a breakthrough handbook for surviving and prospering in an ever-shifting world, with provocative conclusions that should be required reading for anyone serving in government, working at a company, trying to build a career or simply navigating an increasingly complex world.