[BOOK REVIEW] "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell follows the trend of his other books on being half general-interest and half history-lesson. The main takeaways: ❥ The main wealth creation in the past 200 years has come in distinct eras - e.g. US industrialisation; the age of the PC; Wall Street; and later Silicon Valley and the internet. When this happened it was the right people at the right time with the right skills, who made the big gains. ❥ Being smart alone and having a hi

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is a book based around why certain things 'tip' into going viral. Well written with a huge body of evidence behind it, Gladwell ticks all of the boxes in explaining strange phenomena and the real and sometimes surprising things which cause them - very similar to Freakonomics, if you have read that. 🤔 One takeaway is that you can make real and sustainable change within your business through enforcing the small things. They discuss how New

BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell aims to educate and discuss ‘The Power of Thinking Without Thinking’. As someone who has always been fascinated by human decision making and the things which go on within the human mind, this book seemed to tick all of the boxes. Through a series of case studies which provide insight into clear cut (and sometimes not so clear cut) cases on when experts in their respective fields have been able to make snap instinctive judgements within seconds which