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CIO August 29, 2011 Colleen Barry	What We're Reading from the Sept. 1, 2011, Issue of CIO Magazine New books, blogs and research about technology and leadership include "The Innovator's DNA" and "The 11 Secrets of Highly Influential IT Leaders."
The Motley Fool August 22, 2011 Jason Moser	Lessons for Leaders I spoke with Rajeev Peshawaria, author of the book Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders about the differences between bosses and leaders -- and he identified seven traits of extraordinary leaders.
HBS Working Knowledge August 4, 2011 James Heskett	How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers? In Everything is Obvious, Once You Know the Answer: How Common Sense Fails Us, sociologist Duncan Watts' thesis is that, in predicting outcomes and acting accordingly, we give far too much credence to such things as our own experiences.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Mark Anderson	Wikipedia's Shakespeare Problem Wikipedia is a little too sure we know who authored Hamlet
AskMen.com	Space Suit Design In his book, Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (MIT Press), architecture professor Nicholas de Monchaux uncovers the layers of the story of the space suit, with particular focus on the eventual winner, the 21-layer A7L suit, created by the International Latex Corporation.
HBS Working Knowledge July 20, 2011 Dyer et al.	Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators In their new book, The Innovator's DNA, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen, and Clayton M. Christensen build on the idea of disruptive innovation to explain how and why the Steve Jobses and Jeff Bezoses of the world are so successful.
IndustryWeek July 20, 2011 Steve Minter	The Four Reasons that Companies Fail In his new book "Your Company Sucks: It's Time to Declare War on Yourself," Mark Stevens says that in order to turn around a troubled company, you must "admit that it isn't anyone's fault but your own."
The Motley Fool July 13, 2011 Gardner & Moser	A Hero's Perspective on Accomplishment Part three of our interview with World War II hero Louis Zamperini, the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's new book, Unbroken.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2011 Gardner & Moser	How a Hero Takes on Adversity Part 2 of an interview with Louis Zamperini, a World War II prisoner of war and the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's new book, Unbroken.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2011 Tom Gardner	Interview With an American Hero An interview with a true survivor about leadership. Recognized as an American hero, Louis Zamperini was a World War II prisoner of war and is the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's new book, Unbroken.
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