TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kay,J.A.
TI  - Obliquity: why our goals are best achieved indirectly 
SN  - 9781594202780
AV  - BF637.S8 K23 2011
U1  - 153.8 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - Success
KW  - Goal (Psychology)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -