Introduction: Becoming an Imperfectionist 1Chapter 1: Ever Curious 21Great questions precede brilliant answersChapter 2: Dragonfly Eye 39Seeing the problem through multiple lensesChapter 3: Occurrent Behavior 59Relentlessly experimentingChapter 4: Collective Intelligence 83The smartest people aren't in the roomChapter 5: Imperfectionism 105Stepping into riskChapter 6: Show and Tell 127Storytelling to compel actionChapter 7: Epilogue: All Strategies Are Wagers 145Appendix: Bulletproof Problem Solving 159Notes 163Acknowledgments 175About the Authors 179Index 181
Robert McLean, AM, is a Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company, a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy in Australia and Asia, and a Director of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, Australia's largest philanthropic foundation. He is the former Dean of the Australian Graduate School of Management. He was a Fulbright Scholar to the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.Charles Conn is an investor, environmentalist, and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Monograph.bio, a venture firm, and was previously CEO of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford. He is Board Chair of Patagonia and sits on The Nature Conservancy European Council. He was founding CEO of Ticketmaster-Citysearch, and was a partner at McKinsey & Company. He is a graduate of Harvard, Oxford and Boston Universities.