Scott Belsky

Entrepreneur, Chief Product Officer at Adobe, and product advisor to many of today's top start-ups Scott Belsky believes we focus too much on the start and the finish of any project, ignoring the most important part--the messy middle--where success is truly determined. Creating something from nothing is a volatile journey. The first mile births a new idea into existence, and the final mile is all about letting go. We love talking about starts and finishes, even though the middle stretch is the most important and often the most ignored and misunderstood.Every business or creative project is "going great" until it fails--the bumps along the road are endured in isolation. We don't talk about the middle because we're not proud of the turbulence of our own making and the actions we took out of despair. This book sets out to change that.Belsky draws on his experiences building Behance, selling it to and leading product teams at Adobe, and then working as an investor and advisor with companies like Airbnb, Pinterest, Uber, and sweetgreen to distill seven years' worth of vital insights at every stage of building a business. He features examples from some of the most interesting people and teams, from entrepreneurs to writers, from small start-ups to billion-dollar companies transforming their industries.These essential strategies for enduring and optimizing the middle miles will bolster your confidence and fortify your plans to make you Maximize the Middle.

"Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. This book helps you with the hard part."-Guy Kawasaki, author of Enchantment According to productivity expert Scott Belsky, no one is born with the ability to drive creative projects to completion. Execution is a skill that must be developed by building your organizational habits and harnessing the support of your colleagues. As the founder and CEO of Behance, a company on a mission to empower and organize the creative world, Belsky has studied the habits of especially productive individuals and teams across industries. Now he has compiled the principles and techniques they share, and presents a systematic approach to creative organization and productivity. While many of us focus on generating and searching for great ideas, Belsky shows why it's better to develop the capacity to make ideas happen-a capacity that endures over time.

Scott Belsky a kreatív szakma egyik jelentõs platformjának, a Behance-nek az alapítója, éveken keresztül különbözõ módszerekkel azt vizsgálta, mi lehet a titka a produktívan kreatív egyéneknek és csapatoknak, hogyan tudják megvalósítani hihetetlen ötleteiket a leginnovatívabb vállalatok, mint az IBM, az Apple vagy a Disney. Bármilyen meglepõ, a sikertörténetek egyértelmûen azt igazolták, hogy csupán 1% az ötlet és 99% a megvalósítás. Vagyis legyen szó akár egy hétköznapi problémáról, vagy egy világraszóló merész ötletrõl, sokkal nagyobb hangsúlyt kell helyeznünk a megvalósításra. A szerzõ rendkívül sok konkrét gyakorlati példán keresztül, élvezetes stílusban összegzi, mit kell tennünk, hogy ötleteink valóra is váljanak, hogyan szervezzük ehhez a munkánkat, hogyan használjuk fel a közösségben rejlõ erõt, és hogyan alakítsuk ki vezetõi szokásainkat és magatartásunkat.

«Las ideas no se materializan porque sean geniales, ni por casualidad. El mito de que las ideas geniales llevan inevitablemente al éxito ha perdurado durante demasiado tiempo.»Más que tener ideas brillantes, afirma Scott Belsky, lo verdaderamente importante es ser capaces de ejecutarlas. Partiendo de esta premisa, y a través de cientos de entrevistas a personas y equipos creativos de éxito de todo el mundo, el autor y empresario indaga en los métodos que hay detrás de los grandes logros y nos desvela un rasgo común a todos una capacidad rigurosamente entrenada de materializar las visiones.A través de observaciones y consejos eminentemente prácticos, Belsky desmonta los mitos sobre el proceso creativo y nos ofrece un método para conseguir hacer realidad nuestras ideas de forma exitosa basado en tres grandes modificar los hábitos de organización, implicar y ampliar la comunidad y desarrollar la capacidad de liderazgo.