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James Patterson, the world’s best-selling author, says his storied career has been defined, and fueled, by one cornerstone: positive disruption.
Pursuing his first job in the advertising world post-college, Patterson took a portfolio of his work to a prospective employer—and took another one the following week, and another the following and the following, until they offered him a job. As his literary career took off, his publisher told him the standard rule was one book per year; he questioned why, and now publishes nine a year. Patterson pushed back against the expectation that he was a solo writer, and now he has authored books with Dolly Parton, President Bill Clinton and has a forthcoming work with Viola Davis.
“In all cases, it’s been positive disruption that moved me forward,” Patterson told the crowd at Wednesday morning’s HR Tech keynote in Las Vegas.
What is positive disruption? 4 fundamentals
One of Patterson’s latest co-authors is Dr. Patrick Leddin, who joined him on stage at HR Tech to discuss their new book, Disrupt Everything, and the imperative for today’s HR leaders to embrace positive disruption.
Leddin outlined four basic truths about positive disruption that he says HR leaders can look to as
