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Dan Heath

Disciplines:
usa
writing
psychology/decision making
management/organizational behavior

Summary

American author and co-founder of Thinkwell (educational publisher) who co-wrote Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments with his brother Chip Heath — also wrote Upstream (2020) alone, about solving problems at their source rather than reacting downstream.

Core Contribution

Co-created the most widely used popular business frameworks and introduced upstream problem-solving — Upstream's framework for addressing root causes rather than symptoms (moving the locus of intervention to before problems occur) is his most original solo contribution.

Notable Works & Achievements

Made to Stick

Switch

Decisive

The Power of Moments

Upstream

Historical Influences

Chip Heath Behavioral science

Intellectual Lineage

ThinkwellDuke Made to Stick Upstream

Contemporaries & Peers

Chip Heath

Minds Influenced

Business frameworksLenny's Podcast

Intellectual Posterity

Made to Stick Switch Decisive Upstream Dan Heath as popular business author

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