"Drawing on the examples of top performers such as Agatha Christie, Andy Warhol, Barack Obama and Serena Williams, an award-winning psychologist discusses ways to examine their examples and develop the knowledge to develop new ideas."-- Provided by publisher

Introduction: a secret history from the Land of Innovation --The mastery detectives -- Algorithmic thinking -- The curse of creativity -- The scoreboard principle -- How to take the risk out of risk taking -- Practicing in three dimensions -- How to talk to experts -- Conclusion: stumbling on greatness -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.