Connecting the dots in an uncertain world
NYU’s Christian Busch makes the case that serendipity is a skill, resulting from a mindset that allows you to see and act on opportunities in seemingly unrelated facts or events.
A CEO who won’t take the gloves off
Philip Roth’s American Pastoral measures the gulf between a careful business leader and his radical daughter.September 10, 2020 by Daniel AkstRelated tags: business booksDelivering on your promises
In The Ends Game, professors Marco Bertini and Oded Koenigsberg explain how companies can help their customers meet goals by rewriting the rules of commerce.August 31, 2020 by David LancefieldMutiny amid the bounty
What captains of industry can learn from captains in the great age of sail.August 14, 2020 by Daniel AkstHow fiction can help us imagine the future
In an age of big data, artificial intelligence, and continual forecasting, fiction can help us navigate uncertainty by opening our eyes to a wide range of scenarios.July 27, 2020 by Vikram MansharamaniManagement lessons of The True Believer
A 20th-century working-class philosopher has a lot to teach modern workers — and managers — about finding meaning in life, and on the job.July 23, 2020 by Daniel AkstSummer reading 2020
For those who want to slow down and still keep up.July 1, 2020A dramatic example of adopting best practices
George Bernard Shaw’s 1905 play Major Barbara, the best stage drama written about business, has lessons that resonate with today’s audiences.June 26, 2020 by Daniel AkstRestoring faith in humanity?
In his new book, historian Rutger Bregman argues that people are actually fundamentally good.June 12, 2020 by Mike JakemanThe business of America, in a nutshell
In his new book, American Business History, Walter A. Friedman offers a highly concise history of free enterprise in the United States.May 26, 2020 by Daniel AkstNo success without succession
The 1952 novel Executive Suite tells us what it takes to fill the shoes of an icon.May 11, 2020 by Daniel AkstForces of nature
Understanding how ecosystems grow, thrive, and regenerate can help leaders steer their organization in the future.April 30, 2020 by David K. HurstTales of the original Industrial Revolution
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Victorian-era novel North and South has a great deal to teach us about the enduring tensions between progress and prosperity, industry and labor, and rural and urban life.April 27, 2020 by Daniel AkstPlumbing the depths
In their comprehensive new book, Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton explain why mortality rates in the U.S. are rising.April 6, 2020 by Mike JakemanBusiness lessons from Albert Camus
The novelist’s 1947 book, The Plague, highlights the importance of shared purpose and belonging in the face of uncertainty.March 30, 2020 by Daniel AkstThe long history of the con
In Don’t Fall for It, Ben Carlson delves into the psychology of why some people commit fraud — and why others become victims of it.March 10, 2020 by Mike JakemanThe little guy’s guide to the world economy
In his new book, The Passion Economy, journalist Adam Davidson uncovers stories of small businesses that thrive in niches.February 26, 2020 by Mark GimeinThe most agile day
What the Allied invasion of Normandy has to teach us about the power and utility of organizational agility.February 24, 2020 by Leo M. Tilman and General Charles JacobyThe evolution of trust
In his new book, Not Born Yesterday, Hugo Mercier argues that humans are wired to see through misinformation and lies.February 18, 2020 by Daniel AkstBlackstone’s builder
Stephen A. Schwarzman discusses what it takes to think big — in business, deals, and philanthropy.February 17, 2020 by Daniel GrossRelated tags: asset management, business books, decision making, Inside the Mind of the CEO, leadership, private equityThe upside of slow growth
In the new book Fully Grown, economist Dietrich Vollrath argues that the recent spell of moderate growth in the U.S. is a sign of success.February 10, 2020 by Mike JakemanExit strategies
Fifty years after its publication, Albert O. Hirschman’s Exit, Voice, and Loyalty still has a lot to tell us about the life of organizations.January 24, 2020 by Daniel AkstThe upside of trade-offs
Sarah Kaplan looks at how leaders can turn stakeholder scrutiny and difficult decisions to their advantage in her new book, The 360˚ Corporation.January 20, 2020 by Sarah KaplanA brave new workless world
In his new book, Oxford University economist Daniel Susskind sketches out the perils and promise of automation’s displacement of labor.January 20, 2020 by Mike JakemanBefore Murphy Brown and Liz Lemon, there was Emma McChesney
The lasting relevance of a fictional early-20th-century career woman.January 6, 2020 by Daniel Akst
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