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Tale of a management guru as superhero
A comic-strip version of a business classic by Marshall Goldfield gets the message across more quickly than orthodox publications, writes Andrew Hill
At work, it’s who you know that matters
‘The start-up of You’, co-authored by Reid Hoffman, founder and chairman of LinkedIn, suggests networking is more important than ever, writes Richard Waters
Humble braggarts’ tales best read in bursts
A lesson of ‘World Changers’ is that entrepreneurs have an unfortunate tendency to turn to philosophy, writes Lucy Kellaway
Book review: Passion & Purpose
Idealistic ‘young leaders’ offer an insight into why people pursue MBAs
Learning the tricks of a magical company
Adam Lashinsky tries to reach the core of Apple’s phenomenal success and discovers the secret is fairly simple, writes
Cold facts provide a chilling view of human resources
Calculating Success advocates a fact-based approach to workplace challenges reminiscent of the Dickens character Thomas Gradgrind
A cold, mathematical look at managing risk
Paul J Davies reviews Gordon Woo’s primer in catastrophe science, which aims to estimate what it is worth spending to protect ourselves against them
Exposing the false promise of big money wins
If all the money that has ever been invested in hedge funds had been put into US Treasury bills, results would have been twice as good
Call to arms to the breathless young
James Marshall Reilly talks to the ‘young game-changers’ of this generation and seeks to discover how they found success, says Philip Delves Broughton
Barça’s tactics for a successful turnround
Ferran Soriano, former vice-president of FC Barcelona, says the team’s strategy has resonance with any company in any sector, writes Roger Blitz
