Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Navigating an Organizational Crisis: When Leadership Matters Most Henry Hutson and Martha Johnson Praeger/An Imprint of ABC-CLIO (2016) “Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” Tennyson’s Ulysses…
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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner Crown Publishers (2015) How to blend computer-based forecasting and subjective judgment to gain a better sense of what will likely occur Obviously, computers can process, organize, and access…
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Brian Robertson is an experienced entrepreneur, CEO, and organizational pioneer. Forbes and Fast Company credit him for developing Holacracy, a comprehensive management system for governing and running organizations that are fast, agile, and that succeed by pursuing their purpose, free…
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Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How It Is Revolutionizing our World George Gilder Regnery Publishing Company/An Eagle Imprint (2013) Why “the ultimate strengths and crucial weaknesses of both capitalism and democracy are their relevance on individual…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Power for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books (2009) Note: I recently re-read this book while preparing for an interview and found the essays even in this volume even more interesting now than I did five…
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Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas John Butman Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How the idea entrepreneur goes public, breaks out, and achieves influence (and how you can, too) is the subject of this…
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50 Philosophy Classics: THINKING, BEING, ACTING, SEEING – Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2013) The study of philosophy has as its purpose to know…the truth about the ways things are.” Thomas…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and featured by the website of Edge.org, a nonprofit private operating foundation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Copyright © 2012 By Edge Foundation, Inc. All…
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There are dozens of reasons why you need to know about Edge.org. Here are three: 1. I know of no other single online resource that offers more content of superior quality and greater intellectual value than does Edge.org. 2. Its associates are among the…
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