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    2022 · WSJ, USA Today & #1 Amazon Bestseller

    Exponential Theory

    The Power of Thinking Big

    Wall Street Journal, USA Today and #1 Amazon bestseller in 10 categories. The framework that mapped the AI-driven, compounding future before the headlines caught up — endorsed by Daymond John.

    Exponential Theory by Aaron Bare — book cover

    The story

    Exponential Theory is a user's manual for disruption. It maps how compounding technologies — AI, networks, platforms — reshape every industry, and gives leaders the mental models to think 10x instead of 10%.

    Written before the AI headlines caught up, it remains the foundation of Aaron's keynotes on exponential leadership: how to size ambition correctly, build trust-dense teams, and design organizations that ride the curve instead of getting flattened by it.

    What it covers

    • 10x thinking and exponential systems
    • The trust-density model of teams
    • Platforms, networks, and compounding technology
    • Leading through extreme uncertainty

    What people are saying

    This book presents a powerful mental model for leading and innovating through extreme uncertainty.

    Ash Maurya

    Author of Running Lean; creator of Lean Canvas

    Aaron brilliantly shares how great entrepreneurs are reinventing the way we think about business for good.

    Richie Norton

    Bestselling author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid

    Exponential Theory is a user's manual for disruption, well-organized and offering numerous insights, all backed up by great stories.

    Trip Hawkins

    Founder of EA Sports; Creator of John Madden Football