Have you ever read a book that trumpets its grounding in “research,” but been left with the nagging sensation that the author really just asked around? The book I alluded to on Wednesday is like that. There is a lot of talk about experience and dedication to researching important questions. But there is no hint of any actual academic or other scientific rigor employed in this quest. So, one is left to wonder, is there any?
They are convinced of their immense attractiveness, their irresistible leadership qualities. When they turn on the charm, there is nothing for it but for the rest of us to virtually swoon in admiration. We will be captivated, swept away in the intensity of their magnetism. But eventually the odor will out. . .
I recently read perhaps the most frustrating management book of all in this regard. It is the oddest mixture of awful editing, ideas that are quite good and well illustrated, desperate exaggeration of the most ordinary management functions, genuinely valuable and uncommon insight, and drooling gibberish that I have encountered. The authors’ central idea was quite strong, even important. . .
The actual phrase is “thinking out of the box.” Unfortunately, it has lost much of the impact it was intended to have, and it may have been a bit off the mark, to begin with. . .
We can pretty much rely on that – for the time being, at least. The sun will come up tomorrow. But the thing is, we can’t be so sure what it will reveal when it does. And whatever that turns out to be won’t be the inevitable result of the laws of physics. It will be the consequence of our own actions, our individual decisions. . .
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