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The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers Gillian Tett Simon & Schuster (2015) “Why are so many of us sometimes “blind to our own blindness?” Daniel Kahneman Two of the most valuable books…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Valeria Maltoni (“Conversation Strategist”) in which she provides much of a conversation between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. She includes a video. To read the complete article, check out others, and…
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Not a day goes by that I do not have an experience that reminds me of one of Socrates‘ observations. These are among my favorites: o By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if…
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Other People’s Money: The Real Business of Finance John Kay PublicAffairs (2015) How some common sense can help restore “priority and respect for financial services that meet the needs of the real economy” I agree with John Kay: “The objective…
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Yogi Berra‘s recent death has activated a recycling of malapropisms attributed to him despite his denial, “I never really said all those things that I said!” The obituaries praise his talents and achievements as a baseball player but no one…
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America’s Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age Rework America Initiative (56 contributors) sponsored by the Markle Foundation W. W. Norton & Company (2015) How to reinvigorate a unique American tradition: “the restless desire to master our fate, joined in…
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In Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, Bo Burlingham explains how and why the size of a company does not determine whether or not it has these characteristics. Rather, he identifies 14 companies that he…
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Charles Thomas Munger (born January 1, 1924) is an American business magnate, lawyer, investor, and philanthropist. He is Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, the diversified investment corporation chaired by Warren Buffett; in this capacity, Buffett describes Charlie Munger as “my…
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David Brooks on “The American Idea and Today’s G.O.P.”
Here is a brief excerpt from an especially thoughtful article written by David Brooks for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * America was…
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