Matthew Syed: Black Box Thinking
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He makes the case for acknowledging failure and confronting our mistakes, a notion he refers to as “Black Box Thinking”.
Matthew Syed was the British table tennis number one for almost a decade, three-time Commonwealth Champion, and twice competed for Great Britain in the Olympic Games (in Barcelona in 1992 and Sydney in 2000). A columnist for The Times, he has also gone on to publish numerous bestselling books; Bounce, published in April 2010, has been described as “one of the most intelligent and thought-provoking books about sport ever written”, and Black Box Thinking, published in 2015, which has been globally acknowledged and translated into multiple languages.
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- Recipient of numerous awards for his work at The Times, including “Sports Journalist of the Year” by the British Press Awards
- Draws on anecdotes—from competing in the Olympics to creating diagnostic tools for companies—to help audiences understand the importance of learning from mistakes
- Seamless intertwining of sports and business lessons helps audiences create a mindset of continuous improvement
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