A conversation with Tim Harford

Date: 14.06.2011 13:00 - 14:00

Location: NESTA, 1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE

Problem Solving in a complex world - A Conversation with Tim Harford

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Tim Harford, FT journalist and best-selling author, joined NESTA to explore the ideas in his latest book.

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About the book

Adapt explores how the challenges we face today cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and expert opinions. Instead, we must adapt - improvise rather than plan, work from the bottom up rather the top down, and take baby steps rather than great leap forwards.

Drawing from research across a number of disciplines from evolutionary biology to economics, Harford reveals hard-won lessons learned in the field and the importance of adaptive, trial-and-error processes in tackling issues such as fostering innovation, climate change, poverty, the financial crises, and conflict.