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The Black Swan>>The Wall Street Journal | Shattering the Bell Curve Life isn't fair. Many of the most coveted spoils -- wealth, fame, links on the Web -- are concentrated among the few. If such a distribution doesn't sound like the familiar bell-shaped curve, you're right.
April 25, 2007
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? >>The Wall Street Journal | The Retirement That Roared To borrow a movie phrase from the 1970s -- the anachronism seems strangely appropriate -- Lee Iacocca is mad as hell and he's not gonna take it anymore. He thinks you shouldn't, either.
April 26, 2007
Let me begin with our office setting: If you haven't heard about our work environment (or have yet to stop by and say hi), here's an introduction. The building we have been in for the last 10 years is an old pantyhose and make-up factory warehouse. The space is large, wide-open, and undivided by cube walls.
Damage Control >> Financial Times | Crisis management for a vindictive age [W]hen you have done wrong, repentance is required; when you have been wronged, mount a vigorous defence.
April 28, 2007
(. PDF) >> BusinessWeek Bestseller List - April 2006 Opens as a PDF. (tags: businessbooks lists) Five Minds for the Future and Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain >> BusinessWeek | Brave New Brain "Instead of quaking in our cubicles, however, we should be figuring out how to remodel our brains into the organs most likely to be valued in the brave new world.
May 01, 2007
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101 Mission Statements From Top Companies>>The Wall Street Journal | Telling a Big Story in a Few Words The book, he says, is about that great modern creation, the "company positioning statement known generally as a mission statement. " (tags: businessbooks public_relations strategy) The Last Tycoons >> The Economist | Clash of the titans More illuminating are Mr Cohan's descriptions of the scheming, politicking and general dysfunction that was Lazard. .
May 03, 2007
I was out of town for the past few days. I left the computer at home (a huge feat; ask my wife) and didn't bring any books with me. I thought I would decompress a bit and enjoy the time away.
May 07, 2007
Google has been bringing authors in to speak for quite some time now. They recently shared the videos of the authors' visits from John McCain to Valentino Achack Deng. In the business arena, you'll find these folks and more: James Scurlock, Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders Chris Anderson, The Long Tail Max Barry, Company Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek So far there are 68 posted.
May 08, 2007
Prophet of Innovation >> Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism | HBS Working Knowledge “I think Schumpeter is the most penetrating analyst of capitalism who ever lived. He saw things other people didn't see.
May 09, 2007
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