Reset: How to Change What's Not Working

"Reset: How to Change What's Not Working" is a business and self-improvement book by Dan Heath, published in January 2025. It lays out a practical, two-part method for getting unstuck: first locating "leverage points"—places in a system where a small effort yields a disproportionate return—and then restacking the resources and attention an organization or person already has to fuel those points, rather than demanding more people, money, or time.

The book's central themes are systems thinking and the gap between symptoms and root causes. Drawing on Donella Meadows' work on leverage points, Heath argues that meaningful change comes not from heroic effort or sweeping reinvention but from intervening at the right spots and reallocating existing energy. He emphasizes studying the "bright spots" where things already work, going to the source of problems, and breaking out of well-worn grooves of habit and routine.

Reset was a New York Times bestseller and a 2025 Porchlight Business Book Award winner, and was named among the best books of the period by outlets and figures including Oprah Daily, Adam Grant, Apple Books, and Amazon's editors. Reviewers generally praised its accessibility and concrete framework for change leaders, with some noting it reads as a strong entry point for those new to organizational transformation rather than a deeply rigorous treatise.