The Four Workarounds for Perfection

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The four workarounds are: piggybacking, getting things done in a very effective way, getting quick results and sometimes allowing you to make outsizing practice well. The main idea is that we often find ourselves in complex situations, problems that you may not necessarily be able to solve or that make you feel paralyzed. Workarounds are very accessible in perfection-loving methods that allow you to get things done in very different contexts. They make these huge impacts in computer systems and then with very scrappy organizations worldwide as they approach their own problems.

Paulo Savaget reveals unconventional tactics to solve just about any problem.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The four workarounds–and how to use them.

2) How to maximize incentives to start change.

3) Why you shouldn’t let limited resources stop you.

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— ABOUT PAULO —

Paulo Savaget is associate professor at Oxford University’s Engineering Sciences Department and the Saïd Business School. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar and has a background working as a lecturer, consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher finding innovative solutions for a more inclusive world. As a consultant, he worked on projects for large companies, non-profits, government agencies in Latin America, and the OECD. He currently resides in Oxford.

• Book: The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems

• Website: Oxford Said Business School

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez

• Book: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant

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