A research-based toolbox for anyone who wants to create a world with more justice creativity
and innovation. For ideas to evolve and for societies to progress we desperately need rebels
to challenge conventional wisdom and improve on it. Unfortunately most of us fear
nonconformists perceiving them as disloyal reckless destructive or just plain weird.
Because most would-be rebels lack the strength and skills to overcome hostile audiences
principled insubordination remains an underleveraged asset in the workplace and public square.
Based on cutting-edge research The Art of Insubordination is the essential guidebook for
anyone seeking to be heard make change and rebel against an unhealthy stagnant status quo.
The book also gives the rest of us the evidence-based strategies we need to become better
allies of our leaders in change ensuring that the best ideas products and solutions survive
and win the day. Inside this book lie answers to several questions including: What are the
most effective ways to express unpopular important ideas? How can we help principled rebels be
heard and influential? How can we better manage the discomfort when trying to rebel or
interacting with a rebel? Filled with fresh and engaging stories about dissenters in the
trenches as well as science that will make you see the world in a different way The Art of
Insubordination is for anyone who wants to see more justice creativity inclusion cultural
dynamism and innovation in the world.
