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Prophet of Innovation >> Economist. com | Joseph Schumpeter : In praise of entrepreneurs
He succeeds in getting inside the economist's head, explaining not just what he thought but why he thought it [book link].
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Where Have All The Leaders Gone?
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We get a lot of books here at 800-CEO-READ. I would bet it is about 100 titles a month. They all end up in Jack's office and about once a month we have to clean the place up.
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The following is an excerpt from The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
ON THE PLUMAGE OF BIRDS
Before the discovery of Australia, people in the old world were convinced that all swans were white, an unassailable belief as it seemed completely confirmed by empirical evidence. The sighting of the first black swan might have been an interesting surprise for a few ornithologists (and others extremely concerned with the coloring of birds), but that is not where the significance of the story lies.
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How do you peel a banana? If you're like me, you peel it the "wrong" way. That's the way we're taught.
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Business historian Alfred Chandler passed away last week. The Wall Street Journal ran a thorough piece on his life and work in their Weekend Edition.
Strategy and Structure is a title most look to as a hallmark in the study of business management.
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