Disruption Games: How to Thrive on Serial Failure,Used

Common wisdom says that success breeds success, and indeed this is how most VCs pick startups, businesses select talent, and singles search for dates. In contrast, the evidence from science to startups shows that only repeated failure breeds success.In Disruption Games, futurist Trond Arne Undheim reveals how companies (and individuals) can build a successful, multifaceted innovation portfolio and may experience deep learning from failed initiatives.Over the next few years, successfully managing failure will become a necessary growth strategy for any individual, firm or collective. Are you prepared?Disruption Games fulfills the need for actionable insight on what's truly driving change and how to become a changemaker, not just be affected by it.Trond Arne Undheim is a futurist, speaker, entrepreneur and former director of MIT Startup Exchange, based outside of Boston. He is the CEO and cofounder of Yegii, a search engine for industry professionals, providing collective intelligence.He holds a PhD on the future of work and artificial intelligence and cognition. He has accelerated four unicorns and helped launch over 50 startups. A former MIT Sloan School of Management Senior Lecturer, WPP and Oracle executive and EU National Expert, he writes for Fortune and Cognoscenti, and has been featured in print media and television. His next book will be on the future of technology."Excited to hear MIT legend, star speaker and moderator Trond Undheim's new book, Disruption Games is available for preorder. I cannot think of a better guide to the disruptive world that founders and executives inhabit." James Mawson, CEO and Founder, Global Corporate Venturing"Through MIT, Trond has worked with some of the best startups in the world. Read this book for insights on what it took for them to succeed. Part business, part personal development, Disruption Games provides a blueprint of practical ways to jumpstart successful innovation through examining failure." Brent Hoberman, Cofounder, Founders Forum, Lastminute.com, Made.com"Even though I was an experienced founder, I have to say the partnerships Trond facilitated when he ran the startup program at MIT ILP were instrumental to our launch and success." Natan Linder, Cofounder of Formlabs (3D printing) and Tulip Interfaces (advanced manufacturing app)"[...] a fantastic book that is full of helpful information and insight for industry professionals and budding entrepreneurs [...] one of my favorite business books [...] it should probably be read a few times to absorb everything it has to say." Arthur Thares, Reviewer, Pacific Book Review"Disruption Games excels in specific examples, approaches, and gamechanging plans for addressing both success and failure. It is recommendd for any forwardthinking businessperson interested in not just learning from business failures but learning and growing from them." D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review"An intriguing learnfromfailure investment manual with a hardedged practical side." Kirkus Reviews"A dynamic read [...] his ideas are solid and his writing clear and specific." The Prairies Book Review"[...] A comprehensive walkthrough for anyone interested in business innovation [...] This book could be helpful for business owners looking to change or adapt but are unsure of the best way forward [and] is especially useful at the moment when the world is changing more drastically than we would have ever imagined in such a short space of time." Love Reading