{"product_id":"9781626560758","title":"The Social Labs Revolution: A New Approach to Solving our Most Complex Challenges","description":"Current responses to our most pressing societal challenges—from poverty to ethnic conflict to climate change—are not working. These problems are incredibly dynamic and complex, involving an ever-shifting array of factors, actors, and circumstances. They demand a highly fluid and adaptive approach, yet we address them by devising fixed, long-term plans. Social labs, says Zaid Hassan, are a dramatically more effective response.   Social labs bring together a diverse a group of stakeholders—not to create yet another five-year plan but to develop a portfolio of prototype solutions, test those solutions in the real world, use the data to further refine them, and test them again. Hassan builds on a decade of experience—as well as drawing from cutting-edge research in complexity science, networking theory, and sociology—to explain the core principles and daily functioning of social labs, using examples of pioneering labs from around the world. He offers a new generation of problem solvers an effective, practical, and exciting new vision and guide.","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148912115952,"sku":"9781626560758","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781626560758_p0.jpg?v=1769905040","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781626560758","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}