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Fast Company January 2005 Danielle Sacks	The Accidental Guru Malcolm Gladwell (author of 'The Tipping Point,' and 'Blink'), says one fan, is "just a thinker." But what a thinker. His provocative ideas are taking the business world by storm. So who is this guy, and what can he teach you about business?
Fast Company January 2005 Danielle Sacks	The Malcolm Gladwell Reader By the time you finish a Gladwell article, you feel as if you've watched a movie and read an academic journal all at once. Many of his New Yorker pieces inspired parts of his books, The Tipping Point and Blink. But not all of them: Here are four provocative articles worth checking out.
ifeminists December 15, 2004	Encounters with Germaine Greer Compiled by Dana Cook, here are first-hand accounts of meetings with the enigmatic sexual counterculture icon: Barry Humphries, actor and impersonator; Gallery Assistant... Richard Neville, journalist; Kneading my Nipple... etc.
Financial Advisor December 2004 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Challenging Your Most Basic Assumptions The new book The Investment Think Tank makes you rethink some fundamental financial advisory principles. With its unique blend of the theoretical, practical and futuristic financial ideas, the book is sometimes controversial but never boring.
Financial Advisor December 2004 Grove & Prince	Looking For Leaders Finding the right executive director for the family office: information drawn from the authors' latest book, Inside the Family Office: Managing the Fortunes of the Exceptionally Wealthy.
HBS Working Knowledge December 13, 2004 Harold J. Leavitt	The Plight of Middle Managers This book excerpt from Top Down contends that the demise of the corporate pecking order is a myth. Middle managers are the ones who bear the brunt when an organization pretends that everyone is equal.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Christopher Farrell	Skirting the Disaster Ahead In Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, author Jared Diamond offers a fascinating excursion into the great mysteries of once-thriving societies that disappeared, leaving behind tantalizing monuments of achievements that continue to excite our imagination.
ifeminists December 8, 2004 Byron Fraser	Health Care: Two Books in Review Beyond the Public-Private Debate : An Examination of Quality, Access and Cost in the Health-Care Systems of Eight Countries by Cynthia Ramsay... Mortal Peril : Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? by Richard A. Epstein...
HBS Working Knowledge December 6, 2004 Broadbent & Kitzis	The New Competencies in IT As the mission of IT shops changes from technology mechanic to innovation leader, CIOs must hire a new kind of employee, suggests this excerpt from the book, The New CIO Leader.
HBS Working Knowledge December 6, 2004 Mallory Stark	Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt.
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