The Tipping Point
Above: Malcolm Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, and some of the book covers that feature his blurbs. “I feel like we have to promote ourselves,” he said of endorsing other writers’ work. * * * Here is…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker, dated June 24th, 2013 and included among the articles accessible in the magazine’s archive. To read all of this article and check out others, please…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker during which he explains how Italian mobsters climbed up the so-called “social ladder” by way of crime. For black criminals, the story has changed.…
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Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…
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Here is an excerpt from an interview of Malcolm Gladwell by Gaby Wood for The Telegraph. To read the complete interview and check out others, please click here. * * * Conventional wisdom says Malcolm Gladwell is a zany brainbox…
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown and Company (2013) Flawed reasoning skills detract from interesting stories about underdogs I have read and reviewed all of Malcolm Gladwell’s previous books and consider…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker (August 21, 2013) in which Gladwell makes a vigorous effort to clarify issues that always result from careless reading and simplistic thinking. To read…
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Outliers: The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown & Company (2008) In my opinion, this is Gladwell’s most significant and most valuable book thus far. In it, he demonstrates superior storyteller skills as he discusses several quite different situations…
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The Engineer’s Lament: Two ways of thinking about automotive safety
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Construction Credit: Stephen Doyle * * * To the public,…
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