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COPY LINK: https://pdf.bookcenterapp.com/yumpu/B07WLR61FQ New York Times best-selling author Dan Heath explores how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from hundreds of interviews with unconventional problem solvers.So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems. Cops chase robbers, doctors treat patients with chronic illnesses, and call-center reps address customer complaints. But many crimes, chronic illnesses, and customer complaints are preventable. So why do our efforts skew so heavily toward reaction rather than prevention?Upstream probes the psychological forces that push us downstream - including &#8220problem blindness,&#8221 which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst. And Heath introduces us to the thinkers who have overcome these obstacles and scored massive victories by switching to an upstream mindset. One online travel website prevented 20 million customer service calls every year by making some simple tweaks to its booking system. A major urban school district cut its dropout rate in half after it figured out that it could predict which students would drop out - as early as the ninth grade. A European nation almost eliminated teenage al

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New York Times best-selling author Dan Heath explores how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from hundreds of interviews with unconventional problem solvers.So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems. Cops chase robbers, doctors treat patients with chronic illnesses, and call-center reps address customer complaints. But many crimes, chronic illnesses, and customer complaints are preventable. So why do our efforts skew so heavily toward reaction rather than prevention?Upstream probes the psychological forces that push us downstream - including &#8220problem blindness,&#8221 which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst. And Heath introduces us to the thinkers who have overcome these obstacles and scored massive victories by switching to an upstream mindset. One online travel website prevented 20 million customer service calls every year by making some simple tweaks to its booking system. A major urban school district cut its dropout rate in half after it figured out that it could predict which students would drop out - as early as the ninth grade. A European nation almost eliminated teenage al

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COPY LINK: https://pdf.bookcenterapp.com/yumpu/B07WLR61FQ New York Times best-selling

author Dan Heath explores how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from

hundreds of interviews with unconventional problem solvers.So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle

of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. We stay downstream, handling one

problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the

problems. Cops chase robbers, doctors treat patients with chronic illnesses, and call-center reps

address customer complaints. But many crimes, chronic illnesses, and customer complaints are

preventable. So why do our efforts skew so heavily toward reaction rather than

prevention?Upstream probes the psychological forces that push us downstream - including

&#8220prblem blindness,&#8221which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst.

And Heath introduces us to the thinkers who have overcome these obstacles and scored massive

victories by switching to an upstream mindset. One online travel website prevented 20 million

customer service calls every year by making some simple tweaks to its booking system. A major

urban school district cut its dropout rate in half after it figured out that it could predict which

students would drop out - as early as the ninth grade. A European nation almost eliminated

teenage alcohol and drug abuse by deliberately changing the nation&#8217sculture. And one

EMS system accelerated the emergency-response time of its ambulances by using data to predict

where 911 calls would emerge - and forward-deploying its ambulances to stand by in those

areas.Upstream delivers practical solutions for preventing problems rather than reacting to them.

How many problems in our lives and in society are we tolerating simply because

we&#8217veforgotten that we can fix them?&nbspPLESE NOTE: When you purchase this title,

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