A Bigger Prize
Author: Margaret Heffernan
ISBN: 9.78E+12
Price: Rs. 599.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
The Olympics. X-Factor. The Rich List. The Nobel Prize.Everywhere you look: competition - for fame, money, attention, status. Being top seems to be everything - but what is it costing all of us? We depend on competition and expect it to identify the best, make complicated decisions easy and to motivate the lazy and inspire the dreamers. But, as Margaret Heffernan shows in this eye-opening look at competition, competition regularly produces just what we don't want: rising levels of fraud, cheating, stress, inequality and political stalemate. Siblings won't speak to each other. Children burn out at school. Doping proliferates among athletes. Auditors and fund managers go to jail for insider trading. Winners seem to take all while the desire to win consumes all, inciting panic and despair. We now know that competition often doesn't work, that the best do not always rise to the top and the so-called efficiency of competition creates a great deal of waste. So what are our alternatives? What are the skills needed for creative collaboration and how do we hone them... - See more at:
Browse this title within our Analysis & Strategy collection. Edition details: Paperback, en, 448 pages. Reference ISBN: 9.78E+12.
About the Author
MARGARET HEFFERNAN was born in Texas, raised in Holland and educated at Cambridge University. She worked in BBC Radio as a television producer, before leaving to run the trade association IPPA. She returned to the US where she worked on public affair campaigns and with software companies trying to break into multimedia. She then joined CMGI where she ran, bought and sold leading Internet businesses. She is a visiting professor and Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Bath. She is the author of The Naked Truth and How She Does It, and Wilful Blindness. She writes a regular column for Real Business and the Huffington Post. - See more at: http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Margaret-Heffernan/471690431#sthash.Y774mxkN.dpuf
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- en • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 9.78E+12
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Limited
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
The Olympics. X-Factor. The Rich List. The Nobel Prize.Everywhere you look: competition - for fame, money, attention, status. Being top seems to be everything - but what is it costing all of us? We depend on competition and expect it to identify the best, make complicated decisions easy and to...
Who should read this book?
Essential reading for students, entrepreneurs, and curious minds seeking practical life insights, productivity principles, and deeper intellectual perspectives.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this book because it challenges one of the most deeply held beliefs of modern life: that competition always makes us better. With sharp examples from business, education, sports, and politics, it helps you see why the race to be number one often leads to burnout, inequality, and wasted talent. It’s thought‑provoking without being academic, practical without being preachy, and it leaves you rethinking success, collaboration, and what really drives meaningful progress.
- Published by Simon & Schuster Limited.
- Language: en.
- Page count: 448.
Catalog Description
The Olympics. X-Factor. The Rich List. The Nobel Prize.Everywhere you look: competition - for fame, money, attention, status. Being top seems to be everything - but what is it costing all of us? We depend on competition and expect it to identify the best, make complicated decisions easy and to motivate the lazy and inspire the dreamers. But, as Margaret Heffernan shows in this eye-opening look at competition, competition regularly produces just what we don't want: rising levels of fraud, cheating, stress, inequality and political stalemate. Siblings won't speak to each other. Children burn out at school. Doping proliferates among athletes. Auditors and fund managers go to jail for insider...
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