California Management Review, a leading journal aimed at practioners as well as academics, asked me to write an article based on my book. The result is here, perhaps the best short synthesis of the key ideas from The Halo Effect. This link will allow you to read an abstract or buy a reprint in pdf format. Link to California Management Review
ChangeThis describes itself as a vehicle, not a publisher -- it's a sort of virtual publisher that aims to communicate ideas in the business world. Thanks to a reference from the folks at 800CeoRead, I was asked to write a ChangeThis manifesto, which has now been published on July 11. You can download the article in pdf format by clicking here: ForgetFormulas.pdf
Alternately, you can follow the link to the ChangeThis site: "Forget Formulas: How Managers are Fooled in their Search for Success"
A short article that I wrote appears in the June issue of Chief Executive magazine. It sets out some of the main ideas from The Halo Effect, with particular relevance for CEOs.
This article, published in the current issue of the McKinsey Quarterly, is perhaps the best succinct statement of the key ideas in The Halo Effect--with particular implications for business strategists. Read full article here
I contributed this article, which draws on ideas from The Halo Effect, to Management Consulting News, a newsletter for the management consulting industry.
Many studies congratulate themselves for the sheer quantity of data they gathered—from In Search of Excellence to Good to Great. But quantity doesn't matter if the quality is suspect.
Rigorous thinking is about questioning and doubt—not about blind acceptance of simplistic formulas, as so often found in popular business books.
A probing look behind one of today's most common business clichés.
Michael Lewis's wonderful book, Moneyball, has implications for the world of business. Can every team succeed if it adopts Billy Beane's methods? No, because performance is relative, not absolute.
A handy guide to assess business research--and not be taken in by doubtful claims.
