Making Decisions

Putting the Human Back in the Machine

Making Decisions
Ed Smith
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NZ$ 37.99
Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 256pg
15 Sep 2022 UK
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9780008530150
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For fans of Matthew Syed, this is a book about leadership, judgement and decision-making - rooted in the theory that helped Ed Smith lead the UK cricket team to international success. * How do you spot the opportunities that others miss? * How do you turn a team' s performance around? * How do you make good decisions amid a tidal wave of information? And how can you improve? As chief selector for the England cricket team, Ed Smith pioneered new methods for building successful teams and watched his decisions tested in real time on the pitch. During his three-year tenure, England averaged 7 wins in every 10 completed matches, better than they have performed before or since. Making Decisions reveals Smith' s unique approach to finding success in a fast-changing and increasingly data-reliant world. The best decisions, Smith argues, rely on a combination of differing kinds of intelligence: from algorithms to intuition. This is a truth that the most successful people know: data cannot account for everything, it must be harnessed with human insight. Whatever the power of data, humans aren' t finished yet. Sharing for the first time the tools he introduced as England selector, Smith' s book captures the immediacy of life at the sharp end, while also exploring frameworks from the top levels of sports, business and the arts. Decision-making is revealed as a creative enterprise, not a reductive system. Making Decisions offers an invaluable guide for those who want a better framework for developing, explaining and implementing new ideas.
EARLY PRAISE FOR MAKING DECISIONS' A masterful combination of analysis and personal experience of decision-making at the highest level. Full of insights, wisdom and highly entertaining' Mervyn King' In this fascinating and highly readable book, Ed Smith explores how the human and the machine can work together' Matt Ridley PRAISE FOR ED SMITH' S LUCK' Only those with scars on their body should be taken seriously when they talk about randomness. Ed is one of them; he is for real' Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author The Black Swan' There' s hardly a sentence here that isn' t clear, thought-provoking and beautifully expressed. Sport bores me rigid. Inspirational books repel me. But Smith on sport, life and luck brings fresh ways of looking at things on every page and, despite myself, I read on' Matthew Parris' Smith is a beguiling and skilful writer: good-humoured, anecdotal, discursive and often fascinating. You' ll probably read his book in an evening but think about it for weeks, even years, afterwards' New Statesman' Book of the week . . . Elegant and absorbing . . . Smith is excellent at exploring nuances . . . The writing on sport is superb . . . Smith moves beyond sport with great effect' The Times' Funny and honest . . . like one of Smith' s well-crafted innings in his playing career, it leaves you wanting more' Sunday Times' Blends personal experience, sporting insight and a broad knowledge of history with the journalist' s talent for storytelling to fashion an original and thought-provoking book . . . not only refreshing but uplifting' SpectatorAn exceptional book: lucid, thought-provoking, informative and fair. Outstanding' The Times
Ed Smith is renowned thinker on the history and culture of sport and leadership. He played cricket for Kent, Middlesex and England and was Chief Selector for England cricket from 2018 to 2021, a period of unprecedented success for England' s men' s teams. He is currently Co-Founder and Director of the Institute of Sports Humanities. Smith has written four books, including What Sport Tells Us About Life (Penguin, 2008), and is a Contributing Writer for the New Statesman.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780008530150
Published: 15 Sep 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: William Collins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 256

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