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Past performance is no guarantee of future results
Lessons from the past may be the only available guide for navigating the present and future, but CEOs need to take them with a grain of salt.
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Can you be a shaper of great institutions?
Former Tata Group director R. Gopalakrishnan, who's written a new book, says the best leaders focus on building both a better business and a better world.
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The living lessons of Dead Souls
The classic Nikolai Gogol satire from 1842 provides keen insight into the endurance of charismatic financial hustlers.
Pressure points
In his new book, Transaction Man, journalist Nicholas Lemann describes the evolution — and failure — of competing attempts to manage the power of corporations.
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Why CEOs should watch the classic movie The Man in the White Suit
The 1951 film, about to debut as a play, has much to teach us about the hazards of innovation.
Smart and dumber
In his new book, The Intelligence Trap, David Robson explains why intelligent people engage in unintelligent behavior.
The Greatest Showman on Earth
Robert Wilson’s biography of P.T. Barnum seeks to balance the humbug and hucksterism with business success and good works.
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Bartleby, the office enigma
Herman Melville’s short story Bartleby, the Scrivener provides lessons on how to deal with troubled colleagues.
All the healthcare you can afford
In Priced Out, economist Uwe Reinhardt asks the most taboo question in American healthcare for the last time.
A new view of the fortune at the bottom of the digital pyramid
In The Next Billion Users, Payal Arora reports that the global poor have similar digital motivations to everyone else.
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Not Winston Churchill’s finest financial hours
The legendary leader’s political successes were continually undermined by his financial and business failures.
Level setting
In his new book, Michael O’Sullivan looks to the past to find a future for the post-globalization world.
A winning effort
In his new book, Neil Irwin finds that people who succeed in management careers do so by trying new things, learning from failures, and embracing changes in direction.
Get ready for the “you’re it” moment
Growing into a meta-leader gives you the tools to skillfully manage any situation.
Conversational computing
James Vlahos’s new book, Talk to Me, is a good starting point for exploring how voice computing could disrupt your business.
Diving into deep learning
In their new book on what makes high schools work, education experts Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine offer vital lessons for business leaders as well.
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Daniel Defoe’s hard-earned lessons on business and life
The author of Robinson Crusoe, who dealt with ups and downs as an entrepreneur, also penned one of history’s most useful business manuals.
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