Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly John Kay
Publisher: Viking Penguin

Jul 5, 2011 - Synopsis Using dozens of practical examples from the worlds of business, politics, science, sports, literature, even parenting, esteemed economist John Kay. But goals are often vague, Obliquity and the idea that goals in a complex world are best achieved indirectly are interesting and thought provoking. May 5, 2010 - John Kay, erstwhile Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and professor at both London Business School and Oxford University, has published a new book entitled Obliquity. "Obliquity is the idea that when we are pursuing very complex objectives, we very often approaches these objective indirectly, obliquely," Kay comments. Apr 23, 2012 - business profits : John Kay - Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly · Edit · Delete · Tags · Autopost · Read more Tweet · 0 responses · Like · Comment. Feb 21, 2011 - Two interesting books that I picked up in the last week. May 20, 2011 - Obliquity describes the process of achieving complex objectives indirectly. Sep 4, 2012 - Don't shrink your ambitions – turn data into Big Ideas – it's helpful to the consumer, makes money and gets a real-time reaction. Jan 26, 2011 - The central theme of the book is “Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly”. Things cannot be understood well “If you are clear about your high-level goals and knowledgeable enough about the systems their achievement depends on, then you can solve problems in a direct way. Jan 20, 2013 - Obliquity has been further developed by Scottish economist John Kay, who argues that often the best way of achieving our goals, especially those which are particularly complex, is to do so indirectly. Oct 5, 2010 - Take a look at John Kay's “Obliquity”, Why our goals are best achieved indirectly [2010], and if you aren't convinced by this, then just take a look at the ubiquitous Apple company. John Kay Profile Books, 2011 x111, 210 pages; ISBN: 9781846682896. Mar 1, 2011 - Obliquity: why our goals are best achieved indirectly. Were the bank shareholders, many of whom lost everything, and the taxpayers. Mar 6, 2014 - John Kay - Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly. Another book, that comes to similar conclusions about the modern world, is “Obliquity, Why our goals are best achieved indirectly” by John Kay. The book is divided into three parts the first part makes us realize the existence of obliquity in the world around us.