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The Last Chapter
I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
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The Autonomy
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled
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The PM Litmus Test
I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something
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The Business of Life
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it
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The Headcount Trap
Career harvesters—individuals who are skilled at navigating corporate politics and presenting a facade of progress, but who fail to deliver tangible…
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The Therapist in Every Leader
Like a flock of birds, the particles become a whole entity unto itself without being in direct contact with one another
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The Incentive Mismatch
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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The Mathematical Machine: People = Returns
All models are wrong, but some are useful.
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The Management Paradox
Everything simple is wrong. Everything complex is unusable.
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The Value of Leadership: A Mountain Story
Leaders act as Maxwell Demons in organizations, reducing entropy through the injection of information and direction, fighting against the natural…
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