Change: How to Make Big Things Happen

How to create the change you want to see in the world using the paradigm-busting ideas in this brilliant big-idea book.​

"Utterly fascinating." --Adam Grant, organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Think Again

Most of what we know about how ideas spread comes from bestselling authors who give us a compelling picture of a world, in which "influencers" are king, "sticky" ideas "go viral," and good behavior is "nudged" forward. The problem is that the world they describe is a world where information spreads, but beliefs and behaviors stay the same.

When it comes to lasting change in what we think or the way we live, the dynamics are different: beliefs and behaviors are not transmitted from person to person in the simple way that a virus is. The real story of social change is more complex. When we are exposed to a new idea, our social networks guide our responses in striking and surprising ways.

Drawing on deep-yet-accessible research and fascinating examples from the spread of coronavirus to the success of the Black Lives Matter movement, the failure of Google+, and the rise of political polarization, Change presents groundbreaking and paradigm-shifting new science for understanding what drives change, and how we can change the world around us.

Author: Damon Centola
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Published: 01/19/2021
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780316457330