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Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

December 8, 2010

Superstars vs Systems, Gladwell & Technicolor Dreamcoats

Gil / 0 Comments / Management / Bible, Joseph and Judah, Malcolm Gladwell, Management, Superstars, Talent /

Last week I read Malcolm Gladwell’s essay The Talent Myth, saw Joseph and His Technicolor Dreamcoat (again), and pondered the Biblical Joseph vs Judah story that climaxes in this week’s Torah reading. Start with Gladwell. He has fun with articles that celebrated Enron’s talent culture, for example lauding how managers were encouraged to poach each […]

July 1, 2009

Godin vs Gladwell vs Anderson on the Price of Free

Gil / 4 Comments / Goading Godin, Industry Analysis, Product Management / Chris Anderson, Free, Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Godin /

I’ve really been enjoying Seth Godin’s blog. But boy did he cheat in his post Malcolm is Wrong. “I’ve never written those three words before, but he’s never disagreed with Chris Anderson before, so there you go.” Cute beginning for a post. “Free is the name of Chris’s new book, and it’s going to be […]