Made to Stick
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Made to Stick

Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

★ 4.6 (369 Ratings) ◷ 15 Minutes ☰ 9 Sections ◉ Text + audio
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Made to Stick explains why some ideas become popular, while others wither and die. The book lays out the most important characteristics of “stickiness”; that is, what makes ideas “stick” in the mind, and how to make them work for you.

About the author

Chip Heath is a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University. He holds a BSc in industrial engineering and a PhD in psychology. His brother Dan Heath is an academic, consultant and founder of the publishing company Thinkwell, which takes a new, didactic approach to writing textbooks.

Who might enjoy this content?

  • Anyone with an idea to share
  • Anyone interested in why some ideas catch on and others don’t
  • Every film director, advertising executive, NGO worker and so on.

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