L'effet milliardaire autodidacte : comment les producteurs extrêmes créent une valeur massive

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A study of self-made billionaires reveals the key distinction between “producers” and “performers”

Il y a environ 800 milliardaires autodidactes dans le monde aujourd'hui. Qu'est-ce qui permet à ce groupe d'élite de créer une valeur vraiment massive, et que pouvons-nous apprendre d'eux ?

John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen set out to answer this question with the first systematic study of 120 self-made billionaires, including extensive interviews with icons like Steve Case, Mark Cuban, and T. Boone Pickens, Jr. The authors conclude that self-made billionaires aren’t necessarily smarter, harder working, or luckier than their peers. The key difference is what they call the “producer” mindset, in contrast to the far more common “performer” mindset.

Performers strive to excel in well-defined areas, and they are essential to any company. But producers are even more valuable because they redefine what’s possible, rather than simply meeting pre-existing goals and standards. Producers think up entirely new products, services, strategies, and business models, with dramatic results.

This book offers fresh stories and insights into producers’ habits of mind. It also provides corporate leaders with a new approach to selecting and managing breakthrough talent, and advice about innovation and value creation for aspiring leaders or entrepreneurs.