First Friday Book Synopsis
DECEMBER 10, 2011
Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril Margaret Heffernan Walker Books (2011) How and why all of us should develop “fierce determination to see” whatever we need to understand Margaret Heffernan’s background in business is wide as well as deep. In this, her latest book, she rigorously and eloquently examines a common [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
DECEMBER 10, 2011
Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Harvard Business School Press (2011) Valuable lessons from 36 CEOs who create simultaneously value that has both economic and social impact The CEOs featured in this book agreed to participate in a four-year research [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
DECEMBER 10, 2011
I remember the cover from Sports Illustrated a few weeks into NBA superstar Michael Jordan’s attempt in training camp to play major league baseball. The title was “Bag it Michael.” It infuriated him so much that he never gave the magazine another interview. The stimulus for my recollection was an article in the Wall Street [.].
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