Do the work

About the Cover In 1885, Vincent Van Gogh created this cover drawing,

Man with Hoe

, as a

part of his life-long pursuit “to give happiness by creating beauty.” We at Th

e

Domino Project were drawn to this image because it represents the quiet strength of a person who actually does the work, regardless of glamour or crowds or

the resistance. Th

e drawing is also a reminder that there’s an artist

within each of us, and we must encourage that artist to do the work, to make something that matters, regardless of anything else that is going on.In a letter to his brother Th

eo, Vincent shared this thought, “Blessed is he

who has found his work.” Perhaps he was talking about you.

Acknowledgments Th

anks to Seth, Ishita, Willie, and Michael for being the brains behind this

project. Th

anks to Shawn and Callie for being my comrades in the trenches.

Th

anks to Amazon for supplying the muscle.

And thanks to you who’ve read this, for taking yourself (and us) forward. About The Domino Project Books worth buying are books worth sharing. We hope you’ll fi

nd someone

to give this copy to. You can fi

nd more about what we’re up to at http://www.the-

dominoproject.com. Here are three ways you can spread the ideas in this manifesto:

1. Hold a discussion group in your offi

ce. Get people to read the book

and come in and argue about it. How open is your company to innovation and failure? What wi

ll you do if your competitors get

better at it than you are?

2. Give away copies. Lots of them. It turns out that when everyone in a

group reads the same thing, conversations go diff

erently.

3. Write the names of some of your peers on the inside back cover of

this book (or scrawl them on a Post-it on your Kindle). As each person reads the book, have them scratch off

their name and add

someone else’s.

We hope you’ll share.