A radically new, and easily learned, way to outstrategize your rivals.
âThe wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.â So wrote Zhuge Liang, the great Chinese military strategist. He was referring to battlefield tactics, but the same can be said about any strategic situation. Even seemingly certain defeat can be turned into victoryâwhether in battle, business, or lifeâby those with the strategic vision to recognize how to âchange the gameâ to their own advantage.
The aim of David McAdamsâs Game-Changer is nothing less than to empower you with this wisdomânot just to win in every strategic situation (or âgameâ) you face but to change those games and the ecosystems in which they reside to transform your life and our lives together for the better.
Game-Changer develops six basic ways to change gamesâcommitment, regulation, cartelization, retaliation, trust, and relationshipsâenlivened by countless colorful characters and unforgettable examples from the worlds of business, medicine, finance, military history, crime, sports, and more.
The audiobook then digs into several real-world strategic challenges, such as how to keep prices low on the Internet, how to restore the publicâs lost trust in for-charity telemarketers, and even how to save mankind from looming and seemingly unstoppable drug-resistant disease. In each case, McAdams uses the game-theory approach developed in the audiobook to identify the strategic crux of the problem and then leverages that âgame-awarenessâ to brainstorm ways to change the game to solve or at least mitigate the underlying problem.
So get ready for a fascinating journey. Youâll emerge a deeper strategic thinker, poised to change and win all the games you play. In doing so, you can also make the world a better place. âJust one Game-Changer [is] enough to seed and transform an entire organization into a more productive, happier, and altogether better place,â McAdams writes. Just imagine what we can do together.