Inspiré par le modèle de l’aéronautique, la stratégie de la boîte noire consiste à ne jamais passer à côté d’une leçon que l’on pourrait tirer d’un échec.

Par ce livre, l’auteur nous invite à réinventer notre rapport à l’erreur jugée bien trop souvent comme le signe d’une faiblesse ou d’une incompétence dont nous devrions avoir honte.

Si nous voulons progresser et innover, à titre individuel ou collectif, il faut au contraire « créer une culture, un système de l’échec ».

Cela signifie pouvoir partager et mutualiser les expériences qui n’ont pas fonctionné, parvenir à les décrypter et mieux savoir les anticiper.

Plus que le talent, notre capacité à apprendre de nos erreurs est la clé fondamentale de la réussite.

Matthew Syed est un ancien champion britannique mondial de tennis de table. Journaliste au Times, il est l’auteur de plusieurs ouvrages à succès sur le sujet de la performance. La Stratégie de la boîte noire est son ouvrage best-seller.

The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller

From the Bestselling Author of Bounce



What links the Mercedes Formula One team with Google?

What links Team Sky and the aviation industry?

What connects James Dyson and David Beckham?

They are all Black Box Thinkers.

Black Box Thinking is a new approach to high performance, a means of finding an edge in a complex and fast-changing world. It is not just about sport, but has powerful implications for business and politics, as well as for parents and students. In other words, all of us.

Drawing on a dizzying array of case studies and real-world examples, together with cutting-edge research on marginal gains, creativity and grit, Matthew Syed tells the inside story of how success really happens - and how we cannot grow unless we are prepared to learn from our mistakes.

'I like listening to people who know things that I don't,' Gareth Southgate told me. 'That's how you learn.'

Former Olympian and best-selling author Matthew Syed is one of the advisors Gareth Southgate engaged from outside football in order to find new ways of working as a team. In Rebel Ideas, discover how Southgate 'the man with the plan' replaced 50 years of hurt with two major tournament semi-finals in three years.'

Matthew Syed's phenomenal bestseller will change the way you think about success - for ever.

'Syed is a superb storyteller. I couldn't put the book down, and I learned so much. A stunning achievement' Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist

Rebel Ideas examines the power of 'cognitive diversity' - the ability to think differently about the world around us.

It explains how to harness our unique perspectives, pool our collective intelligence and tackle the greatest challenges of our age - from climate change to terrorism. It draws on a dazzling range of case studies, including the catastrophic failings of the CIA before 9/11, a fatal communication breakdown on top of Mount Everest and a moving tale of deradicalisation in America's Deep South.

Rebel Ideas will strengthen any team or organisation, but has dozens of individual applications, too: from the art of reinvention to the remarkable benefits of personalised nutrition. It shows us how to become more creative, how to collaborate in a world becoming more interconnected, and how to break free of echo chambers that surround us all.

Now updated with a new chapter on the Covid-19 crisis

'A gripping read, full of intelligence and perspective' James Dyson

'Will change the way you think about success and even about life' Judy Murray

'A master of the genre' The Times

The third children's book by bestselling mindset author and two-time Olympian, Matthew Syed will help readers to find their voice, flex their social superpowers, and speak up with kindness and confidence.

What if you could disagree with someone without it turning into the argument of the century? I'm here to tell you that it can be done. If you are the kind of person who...

-Avoids disagreements because you don't want to fall out
-Gets too embarrassed to say that you've changed your mind
-Feels so overwhelmed that you don't know what to think

...then this book is for you.

What do YOU think? will help young readers to discover what is influencing their ideas, from peer pressure to fake news. They'll learn how to form and change opinions, and how to debate their views with empathy. Readers will see how debates and disagreements can give you new ideas, stronger friendships, and help change the world for the better. I know you have loads of incredible thoughts and ideas and the world deserves to hear your voice. I want to know... what do you think?

Practical and positive, this is the book to help children build confidence in their own thoughts, so they can grow into awesome adults who can listen, be listened to, and can agree to disagree while still being friends.

From the author of You Are Awesome, children's book of the year 2019 and Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller:

"Genuinely funny and engaging. There are messages in this book for both adults and children. It's a must read." - online customer review

"A very funny and inspiring read! Brilliantly practical with a wide variety of examples that make it relevant for both boys and girls (and adults)!" - online customer review

CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

"A very funny and inspiring read! Brilliantly practical with a wide variety of examples that make it relevant for both boys and girls (and adults)!" - online customer review

"A truly inspiring book for the younger generation!" - online customer review

"Genuinely funny and engaging. There are messages in this book for both adults and children. It's a must read." - online customer review

"An awesome book about becoming awesome. How inspiring it is to know that there's a path to awesomeness and that anyone - absolutely anyone - can go down that path. This book shows you how." - Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

This positive and empowering guide, by bestselling mindset author Matthew Syed, will help boys and girls build resilience, fulfil their potential and become successful, happy, awesome adults.

I'm no good at sport ... I can't do maths ... I really struggle with exams ... Sound familiar?

If you believe you can't do something, the chances are you won't try. But what if you really could get better at maths, or sport or exams? In fact, what if you could excel at anything you put your mind to?

You Are Awesome can help you do just that, inspiring and empowering young readers to find the confidence to realise their potential. The first children's book from Times journalist, two-time Olympian and best-selling mindset author Matthew Syed, it uses examples of successful people from Mozart to Serena Williams to demonstrate that success really is earned rather than given, and that talent can be acquired. With hard work and determination, practice and self-belief, and, most importantly, a Growth Mindset, there's no reason why anyone can't achieve anything.

Practical, insightful and positive, this is the book to help children build resilience, embrace their mistakes and grow into successful, happy adults.

Also available: The You Are Awesome Journal. Whether setting out your goals, planning the best practice ever, keeping calm with breathing exercises or making paper aeroplanes to understand marginal gains, you'll love the brilliant activities in The You Are Awesome Journal - it's the perfect companion to You Are Awesome!

What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity?
What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians?
What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform?
And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning?

Matthew Syed, the 'Sports Journalist of the Year 2016', answers these questions and more in a fascinating, wide-ranging and provocative book about the mental game of sport.

How do we become the best that we can be, as individuals, teams and as organisations? Sport, with its innate sense of drama, its competitive edge, its psychological pressures, its sense of morality and its illusive quest for perfection, provides the answers.

I'm no good at sport ... I can't do maths ... I really struggle with exams ... Sound familiar? But ... what if you could excel at anything you put your mind to? You Are Awesome can help you do just that. Using examples of famous people from Mozart to Serena Williams, Matthew Syed demonstrates that success is earned rather than given, and that talent can be acquired with practice and self-belief.

If you're the kind of person who thinks: I don't like standing out from the crowd ... I wish I could be more like the cool kids ... There's no point in trying to change things ... then Dare to Be You is for you. Drawing on examples from sport, science and even business, Dare to Be You empowers young readers to resist peer pressure, follow their own path and love what makes them different.

With their trademark mix of hilarious text, stylish illustrations, personal insights and real-life examples, these practical and positive books introduce children to the powerful concepts of growth mindset, resilience and diverse thinking.

Il rivoluzionario metodo per imparare dai propri sbagli
Google, Sky e Mercedes, il loro successo dipende da un nuovo modo di pensare
Cosa hanno in comune il Team della Mercedes di Formula 1 e Google? E la squadra ciclistica del Team Sky e l’industria aeronautica? E in cosa potrebbero somigliarsi l’imprenditore James Dyson e il calciatore David Beckham? Sono tutti dei “Black Box Thinkers”, e il libro di Matthew Syed illustra questo metodo rivoluzionario. In che consiste? Il presupposto è l’esistenza di una sorta di scatola nera che ognuno di noi possiede, un po’ come quella degli aerei, dove viene conservata la memoria delle nostre azioni. Attingere a questo enorme bagaglio di errori già commessi per evitare di farne altri è la partenza, ma non è tutto. Il modello vincente dei marginal gains, cioè del guadagno marginale è l’altro elemento che può aiutarci ad avere successo in tutti i campi. Il principio è semplice: per migliorare non si può non tenere conto anche di quelli che apparentemente sembrano dei dettagli, perché il risultato è dato da una somma di elementi che concorre a determinarlo. Questa teoria applicata inizialmente allo sport, al business e alla politica, si sta diffondendo a macchia d’olio anche in tutte le situazioni quotidiane complicate che richiedono uno sforzo fuori dal normale, come nei rapporti tra genitori e figli, nelle relazioni professionali, nei rapporti interpersonali. Basato su un imponente numero di esempi reali e sui risultati delle ultime ricerche scientifiche, questo manuale ci può assicurare davvero una vita migliore, a patto di essere pronti a imparare dai nostri errori.
«Un libro con una tesi molto convincente!»
Daily Mail
«Trasformerà il vostro modo di pensare.»
The Times

è editorialista per il «Times». Il suo precedente libro Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice ha avuto un notevole successo. Con Se sbagliamo ci sarà un perché, dove sostiene che la chiave del successo è un atteggiamento positivo nei confronti del fallimento, è stato per settimane nella classifica dei libri più venduti sia nel Regno Unito che negli Stati Uniti.