The Two-Second Advantage – Vivek Ranadivé & Kevin Maney (2012 Hodder & Stoughton Paperback)

An engaging exploration of how anticipating what happens next — even by just a couple of seconds — can create a powerful advantage in business, technology, sport and everyday decision-making.

The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future – Just Enough by Vivek Ranadivé and Kevin Maney examines the science behind our ability to predict what is about to happen and how this instinctive skill contributes to exceptional performance.

Drawing connections between neuroscience, technology and real-world success, the authors explore how great business leaders, athletes and other high performers develop an ability to recognise patterns and anticipate events before others do. The book also considers how increasingly sophisticated technology can use information to predict customer behaviour, traffic problems and other events before they occur.

Combining business thinking with neuroscience and technology, the book argues that success often does not require predicting the distant future — being accurately ahead by just a fraction can provide the advantage that matters.

This copy is the 2012 Hodder & Stoughton paperback edition. The publisher lists Vivek Ranadivé and Kevin Maney as co-authors and gives a publication date of 25 October 2012.

Title: The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future – Just Enough
Authors: Vivek Ranadivé & Kevin Maney
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-10: 1444730800
ISBN-13: 9781444730807
Format: Paperback
Edition: 2012 Paperback Edition
Released: 25 October 2012
Language: English
Pages: 256
Genre: Business / Management / Personal Development
Subject: Decision-Making / Predictive Thinking / Neuroscience / Technology

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