01749cam a2200313 a 4500 117218 20230410142406.0 100728s2011 nyuab b 001 0 eng 16353093 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2010030269 9781594202780 DLC DLC DLC Eng BF637.S8 K23 2011 153.8 22 Kay, J. A. (John Anderson) Obliquity : why our goals are best achieved indirectly / John Kay. New York : Penguin Press, 2011. 217 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-217) and index. Obliquity -- The oblique world : how obliquity surrounds us. Fulfillment ; The profit-seeking paradox ; The art of the deal ; Objectives, goals, and actions ; The ubiquity of obliquity -- The need for obliquity : why we often can't solve problems directly. Muddling through ; Pluralism ; Interaction ; Complexity ; Incompleteness ; Abstraction -- Coping with obliquity : how to solve problems in a complex world. The flickering lamp of history ; The Stockdale paradox ; The hedgehog and the fox ; The blind watchmaker ; Bend it like Beckham ; Order without design ; Very well then, I contradict myself ; Dodgy dossiers -- The practice of obliquity. Draws on examples from many disciplines to argue that complex and broadly defined goals are better achieved when approached in an open, indirect manner that focuses on means, instead of a rigidly direct approach that focuses on ends. Success. Goal (Psychology) dpf 94864 94864 0 0 lcc 0 0 OLF BJB BJB OLF 2023-04-10 0 BF637.S8 K23 2011 00000110516 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2018-11-17 bk