Written by journalist Matthew Syed, Rebel Ideas powerfully demonstrates the impact of cognitive diversity for group success. Through a series of case studies, Matthew argues that the best decision making comes from embracing differences in the way people think, perceive, and understand the world.

Matt Ridley breaks down misconceptions on the conditions that are needed for innovation. He demonstrates that, rather than big breakthroughs, innovation largely comes from incremental progress through collaberative effort, with step by step refinement. 

In this book Julia Galef presents an overview of how our mindset shapes our ability to understand and relate to each other.  Compellingly, Galef makes the case that positive decision making and outcomes  comes from embracing the  scout mindset - spurred by curiosity, to survey and report what's really accurate.

From a young age we are taught about the importance of perseverance to overcome challenges. This book makes the argument that our ability to rethink and embrace the joy of being wrong allows us to let go of views that don’t serve us well. Instead,  openmindeness for alternative approaches could lead to better outcomes.