Alina Tugend
Alina Tugend is an award-winning journalist, former New York Times columnist and author of the book Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong. Known for tackling complex and difficult subjects — and for making them simple, but not simplistic — for readers and listeners.
Alina’s work has been featured in the following publications
The New York Tiems
The Washington Post
The Atlantic
The Chronicle for Higher Education
Kiplinger
Los Angeles Times
Washington Monthly
Better by Mistake
In Better by Mistake, I examine the delicate tension between what we’re told – that we must make mistakes in order to learn – and the reality that most of us dread and avoid mistakes. Using in-depth research and behavioral studies, my book includes what the medical and aviation fields have taught us about the best ways to respond to errors, how and why men and women react differently to mistakes and how other cultures approach the concept of mistakes.
Better by Mistake was:
- Named by The Huffington Post as one of the “Books We Thought You Should Know About”
- Listed on Entrepreneur’s “Seven Intriguing Books to Inspire you This Spring”
- Called “one of the five favorite books on creativity" by Westchester Magazine
- A finalist for Books for a Better Life award
- Awarded Honorable Mention by the American Society of Journalists and Authors