The Necessity of Strangers: The Intriguing Truth about Insight, Innovation, and Success Hardcover - 2013

From the rear cover

A counterintuitive approach to fostering greater innovation and collaboration.

Most of us assume our success relies on a network of our closest friends and contacts, but what if this isn't the case? What if the real key to new thinking and action is strangers? Although we are often taught to look upon strangers with suspicion and distrust, The Necessity of Strangers offers the provocative idea that engaging with strangers who are often very different than us is an opportunity, not a threat. Strangers challenge us to look at ourselves, the challenges we face, and the world around us with fresh eyes and a sense of new possibilities. Engaging with the right strangers is essential to unlocking our real potential.

The Necessity of Strangers shows how strangers can help us innovate in ways that matter, build remarkable teams and energize workplaces, and achieve genuine collaboration. It also shows how to develop a more open and stranger-centric mindset that can enable you to develop new markets, build stronger customer relationships, create more worthwhile partnerships, and become a more effective leader. Finding the right strangers in all walks of life will help you tap the real brilliance in yourself and your organization.

To stay competitive, you and your business need access to more new ideas, insights, and perspectives than ever before. The Necessity of Strangers offers a unique, essential guide to discovering the most exciting opportunities you haven't met yet.

From the jacket flap

A counterintuitive approach to fostering greater innovation and collaboration.

Most of us assume our success relies on a network of our closest friends and contacts, but what if this isn't the case? What if the real key to new thinking and action is strangers? Although we are often taught to look upon strangers with suspicion and distrust, The Necessity of Strangers offers the provocative idea that engaging with strangers who are often very different than us is an opportunity, not a threat. Strangers challenge us to look at ourselves, the challenges we face, and the world around us with fresh eyes and a sense of new possibilities. Engaging with the right strangers is essential to unlocking our real potential.

The Necessity of Strangers shows how strangers can help us innovate in ways that matter, build remarkable teams and energize workplaces, and achieve genuine collaboration. It also shows how to develop a more open and stranger-centric mindset that can enable you to develop new markets, build stronger customer relationships, create more worthwhile partnerships, and become a more effective leader. Finding the right strangers in all walks of life will help you tap the real brilliance in yourself and your organization.

To stay competitive, you and your business need access to more new ideas, insights, and perspectives than ever before. The Necessity of Strangers offers a unique, essential guide to discovering the most exciting opportunities you haven't met yet.