Chip Heath
{{short description|American academic}}
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Chip Heath (born July 19, 1963) is an American academic. He is the Thrive Foundation for Youth Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the co-author of several books.
Early life
Heath graduated from Texas A&M University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering. He subsequently earned a PhD in psychology from Stanford University.
Career
Heath taught at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Heath is a professor of organizational behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.{{cite web |url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/chip-heath |title=Chip Heath |publisher=Stanford Graduate School of Business |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194038/https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/chip-heath |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2016-03-09}}
He has taught courses on organizational behavior, negotiation, international strategy, and social entrepreneurship.
With his brother Dan, Heath has co-authored four bestselling books, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (2007),{{cite book |last1=Heath |first1=Chip |last2=Heath |first2=Dan |authorlink2=Dan Heath |date=2007 |title=Made to stick: why some ideas survive and others die |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1400064281 |oclc=68786839 |url=https://archive.org/details/madetostickwhyso00heat }} Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (2010),{{cite book |last1=Heath |first1=Chip |last2=Heath |first2=Dan |authorlink2=Dan Heath |date=2010 |title=Switch: how to change things when change is hard |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=Broadway Books |isbn=9780385528757 |oclc=368020682 |url=https://archive.org/details/switchhowtochang00heat }} Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work (2013),{{cite book |last1=Heath |first1=Chip |last2=Heath |first2=Dan |authorlink2=Dan Heath |date=2013 |title=Decisive: how to make better choices in life and work |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=Crown Business |isbn=9780307956392 |oclc=798613602 }} and The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact (2017).{{cite book |last1=Heath |first1=Chip |last2=Heath |first2=Dan |authorlink2=Dan Heath |date=2017 |title=The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781501147760 |oclc=1003765538 }} He also helped James G. March write the business book A Primer on Decision Making: How Decisions Happen (1994).{{cite book |last1=March |first1=James G. |authorlink1=James G. March |last2=Heath |first2=Chip |date=1994 |title=A primer on decision making: how decisions happen |location=New York |publisher=Free Press |isbn=0029200350 |oclc=29845279 |url=https://archive.org/details/primerondecision00marc }}
Made to Stick was named "Best Business Book of the Year", was on the BusinessWeek bestseller list for 24 months, and has been translated into at least 25 languages.{{cite web |title=Faculty Books: Made to Stick |publisher=Stanford Graduate School of Business |url=http://public-prod-acquia.gsb.stanford.edu/library/articles/facultybooks/heath_made_to_stick.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309171209/http://public-prod-acquia.gsb.stanford.edu/library/articles/facultybooks/heath_made_to_stick.html |archive-date=2016-03-09 |access-date=2016-03-09}} This book was co-written with his brother, Dan Heath.{{Cite web|url=http://heathbrothers.com/|title=Chip & Dan Heath - NYT bestselling authors of Made to Stick and Switch|website=Heath Brothers|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-30}}
'Switch' stayed in the New York Times Best Seller List for 47 weeks.{{Cite web|url=https://heathbrothers.com/books/switch/|title=Switch}}
References
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External links
- [https://grist.org/article/heath/ Grist]- Anonymous (March 13, 2007) "An interview with author Chip Heath about making environmental messages sticky" interview with Chip Heath, at Grist
- [https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/02/04/be-memorable-by-telling-good-stories-about-yourself/ Brazen Careerist] - Penelope Trunk, (August 3, 2006) "Battle Cry Against Power Tripping" interview with Chip Heath, at Brazen Careerist
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Category:American business writers
Category:Texas A&M University alumni
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Stanford University Graduate School of Business faculty