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Written by Nimish Dubey
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Outliers: The Story of Success
Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books
Price: Rs 399/-
"There is something profoundly wrong with the way we look at success. We cling to the idea that success is a simple function of individual merit and that the world in which we grow up and the rules we choose to write as a society, don't matter at all."
What does it take to succeed? Different management gurus have different theories. Tom Peters and Robert Waterman came out with the framework that made great companies in their best-selling work, In Search of Excellence, while Jim Collins attempted the same in yet another bestseller, Good to Great. There are also biographies and memoirs by the dozen in which different people trumpet different formulae for success. One point, however, that most people tend to agree on is the need to have a cocktail of talent and toil, to make it big.
Malcolm Gladwell begs to differ. After attracting the world's attention with his two bestsellers, The Tipping Point and Blink, the man with the frizzy hairstyle is back to challenge conventional management thinking with a book that takes a closer look at what makes a person a genius.
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Written by Janani Gopakrishnan Vikram
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Friday, 23 January 2009 00:00 |
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Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
Rashmi Bansal
Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship, IIM Ahmedabad
Price: Rs 125/-
“Everyone does not need to build a 100 crore or 1000 crore company. Small vs Big vs Superbig is a choice that an entrepreneur makes himself or herself depending upon the ambitions, values and what he likes doing.”
‘i.t.’ score: 80%
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Written by Janani Gopakrishnan Vikram
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Monday, 01 October 2007 00:00 |
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The Myths Of Innovation
Scott Berkun O’Reilly
Price: Rs 1125/- “Everyone believes the future will come all at once in a neatly gift-wrapped package, as if Horse 2.0, whatever its incarnation, would make its first appearance with trumpets blaring and angels hovering above.” ‘i.t.’ score: 95% |
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Written by Janani Gopakrishnan Vikram
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Thursday, 01 November 2007 00:00 |
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Open Innovation: The New Imperative For Creating And Profiting From Technology
Henry Chesbrough Harvard Business School Press
Price: Rs 1880/- Excerpt: “Today, ‘Not Invented Here’ means that companies need not reinvent the wheel, since they can rely on external sources to do the job effectively.” ‘i.t.’ score: 85% |
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Written by Janani Gopakrishnan Vikram
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 00:00 |
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Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams Portfolio,
Penguin Group
Price: Rs 1078/-
“As users and computing power multiply and easy-to-use tools proliferate, the Internet is evolving into a global, living, networked computer that anyone can program. ’’
‘i.t.’ score: 90%
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