Chance: The science and secrets of luck, randomness and probability

New Scientist, “Chance: The science and secrets of luck, randomness and probability”
2015 | ISBN: 1781255431 | 272 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 1 MB

For you to be here today reading this requires a mind-boggling series of lucky breaks, starting with the Big Bang and ending in your own conception. So it’s not surprising that we persist in thinking that we’re in with a chance, whether we’re playing the lottery or working out the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life.

In Chance, a (not entirely) random selection of the New Scientist’s sharpest minds provide fascinating insights into luck, randomness, risk and probability. From the secrets of coincidence to placing the perfect bet, the science of random number generation to the surprisingly haphazard decisions of criminal juries, it will explore these, and many other, tantalising questions.

Following on from the bestselling Nothing and Question Everything, this book will open your eyes to the weird and wonderful world of chance – and help you see when some things, in fact, aren’t random at all.

The Chaos Imperative: How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation, Effectiveness, and Success [Audiobook]

The Chaos Imperative: How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation, Effectiveness, and Success [Audiobook] by Ori Brafman, Judah Pollack
English | August 13, 2013 | ASIN: B00DVQMV2K, ISBN: 1622312481 | MP3@128 kbps | 4 hrs 28 mins | 247 MB
Narrator: Drew Birdseye | Genre: Nonfiction/Business

People and organizations tend to approach chaos as if it were an unruly beast – something that needs to be reined in, or avoided at all costs. But what if there’s a benefit to chaos? What if it’s actually crucial for inspiring industry innovation?

In The Chaos Imperative organizational thinker and best-selling author Ori Brafman and management consultant Judah Pollack dramatically demonstrate how even the best and most efficient organizations – from Fortune 500 companies to today’s US Army – can become more innovative by allowing a little unstructured space and “contained chaos” into their planning and decision-making.

Through their consulting work, they realized that while structure and hierarchy are essential both in large corporations and small groups, too much of either can stifle creativity.

Weaving together stories and case studies with insights from areas as far-reaching as neuroscience, medieval history, and video gaming, Brafman and Pollack reveal how creating pockets of chaos within organizations can inspire the creative leaps that lead to new growth.