Sunday, January 08, 2006
barbarians at the gate, 8/10 - a must read for anyone who is interested in business. well known in mba circles, it chronicles the takeover rjr nabisco in1980s and makes me wish i was a banker in the 80s..
i also read a couple of recent best sellers with not so good results
the tipping point, 4/10 - gladwell spends 300 pages describing the tipping point, a simple concept that could be explained throughly in 5 pages. he repeats quotes from other chapters and contually summarizes what he previously said over and over. i'm not sure why U of T paid him to speak at a conference last year. i also spent over 7 months of the public library wait list to get this book. disappointing.
the world is flat, 6/10 - pulitzer winner friendman does a good job describing the changes currently occuring in the world and makes some good observations. it just isn't that good a read.
i also read a couple of recent best sellers with not so good results
the tipping point, 4/10 - gladwell spends 300 pages describing the tipping point, a simple concept that could be explained throughly in 5 pages. he repeats quotes from other chapters and contually summarizes what he previously said over and over. i'm not sure why U of T paid him to speak at a conference last year. i also spent over 7 months of the public library wait list to get this book. disappointing.
the world is flat, 6/10 - pulitzer winner friendman does a good job describing the changes currently occuring in the world and makes some good observations. it just isn't that good a read.
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