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A practical and inspirational playbook that shows you how to use innovation and disruption to become truly unstoppable.

Disruption for disruption's sake isn't a smart strategy when you're seeking ways to accelerate your career and become truly indispensable. In The Bold Ones, you'll discover it's more about being bold than disruptive: being simultaneously confident enough to challenge industries, yet practical enough to recreate them. Internationally celebrated disruption strategist Shawn Kanungo offers a playbook for individuals who know they need to become bolder to push their careers and companies forward—but don't know how to innovate: You'll learn where to start, what to do, and how to break through with your ideas. Distilling lessons learned from some of the world's most extraordinary disruptors, The Bold Ones presents eight unconventional pillars to success:

  • Success is a Pitfall
  • Chipping Toward Your Next Big Move
  • Paradox of Piracy
  • Disruption is a Joke
  • Innovation's Dirty Little Secret
  • 1 True Fan
  • How to Engineer a Lucky Break
  • Disrupt a Culture, Leave a Legacy
Through each pillar, Kanungo illustrates smart takeaways with the eye-opening strategies of some the world's greatest disruptors and most unlikely "change agents"—from the first female pharaoh to the rapper Cardi B. What was the secret to success behind Rihanna's slaying of the lingerie giant Victoria's Secret? What can we learn from ESPN's 200-million-dollar mistake in firing sportswriter Bill Simmons?

Far from being one-in-a-million David-and-Goliath triumphs, Kanungo puts these individual stories together create a map, showing you how you can replicate their tactics and emulate their strategies to create your own path forward. Filled with inspirational profiles, practical ideas and game-changing insights,The Bold Onesprovides all the tools you need get innovating and disrupting on your own terms—wherever you are—today.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. CHAPTER 1 The DNA of the Bold Ones
  6. CHAPTER 2 Success Is a Pitfall
  7. CHAPTER 3 Chipping Toward Your Next Big Move
  8. CHAPTER 4 Paradox of Piracy
  9. CHAPTER 5 Disruption Is a Joke
  10. CHAPTER 6 Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret
  11. CHAPTER 7 One True Fan
  12. CHAPTER 8 How to Engineer a Hot Streak
  13. CHAPTER 9 Disrupt a Culture; Leave a Legacy
  14. Conclusion
  15. Notes
  16. Sources
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Index
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