Malcolm Gladwell

'Creating Innovators'

Tony Wagner | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Early Childhood Development, Montessori, Steve Jobs Quotes, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Montessori School, Childhood Development, Malcolm Gladwell, Entreprenuership, Mit, Harvard University, College News
Tony Wagner

In more than one hundred and fifty interviews for this book -- lengthy conversations with scores of innovators and their parents, teachers, and mentors -- passion was the most frequently recurring word.

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WATCH: Hilarious Book Trailer Features Dick Cavett And Malcolm Gladwell

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Dick Cavett, Funny Book, Tasteful Nudes Book, Funny Trailer, Dave Hill Book, Comedian Memoir, Memoir, Comedy Book, Book Trailer, Malcolm Gladwell, Comedian Book, Funny Book Trailer, Hilarious Book Trailer, Video, Books News

Comedian and musician Dave Hill has written a memoir. Aside from comedy and music, he shares stories on girlfriends, hockey and "Misguided Attempts at...

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Friday Night Lights Author Wants To Ban College Football

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: College Students, Change My Mind, College Athletes, Ban College Football, College Football Costs, College Change My Mind, College Costs, College Athletics, Roi of College, Rutgers University, College Football, Malcolm Gladwell, Cost of Football, Buzz Bissinger, Rutgers Football, Friday Night Lights, College News

Buzz Bissinger, perhaps the most famous chronicler of high school football, is calling for a ban on college football, The Gothamist reports. The P...

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Brad Pitt, Orchids and the Oakland Athletics

Olga Crosse | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Fred Goodwin, Orchids, Brad Pitt, Chartered Management Institute, Billy Beane Brad Pitt, Malcolm Gladwell, Penna, Henley Business School, Oakland Athletics, Dick Fuld, The Social Animal, David Brooks, Media News
Olga Crosse

I settled down last recently with a giant bag of Doritos, a lovely glass of wine and the DVD Moneyball, a true story about Oakland baseball team's man...

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America's Bloated Intelligence Bureaucracy

William Astore | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: National Security Agency, National Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Nsa, Intelligence Community, National Security, Senate Intelligence Committee, 9/11, Malcolm Gladwell, Politics News
William Astore

Lost is the lesson of 9/11: We didn't have a collection problem but a connection one. Yet our response has largely been not to find better ways of connecting the dots, but rather simply to collect more dots.

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Both Sides: Watch the Track, Not the Horse Race: Gas, Health, Afghanistan

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, President Obama, Titanic, President Karzai, Mary Matalin, Newt Gingrich, Gas Prices, Dutch Reagan, Strategic Petroleum Reserves, Steven Chu, Judge Napolitano, Goldman Sachs, Ezra Klein, Mass Hysteria, Affordable Health Care Act, Malcolm Gladwell, Mean Girls, Afghanistan, Jerry Maguire, Ron Reagan, Obamacare, Judge Harvie Wilkinson, Politics News
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgReagan and Matalin skip who's up-down in the GOP contest to debate spurting gas prices, the constitutionality of "Obamacare" and our exit strategy from Afghanistan post- massacre. Then: do presidential speeches ever matter, Mr. Reagan?

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Blank

Peter Mehlman | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: LA Times, Opinion, Henry Waxman, Malcolm Gladwell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Comedy, Blank the Movie, Humor, Blank Movie, Satire, Political Satire, Peter Mehlman Blank, Video, Comedy News
Peter Mehlman

Blank is the story of Eugene Brusca, a man who had absolutely no opinions on anything, yet became an overnight sensation as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

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Better Late Than Never

Irene Tanner | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Malcolm Gladwell, Jobs, Careers, Better Late Than Never, Advanced Style, Late Bloomers, Ari Seth Cohen, Consecutive Careers, Fifty News
Irene Tanner

As the number of candles increase on my birthday cake, I marvel that my creative powers accelerate as my physical powers do their very best to maintain.

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Mozart, Newton and You?

Lisa Randall | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Creativity, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Talent, Mozart, David Brooks, Discovery, Geniuses, Genius, Science News
Lisa Randall

Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, mathematics, and to other fields of science, just as it is to its more widely acknowledged beneficiaries -- the arts and humanities.

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Jason Linkins

Bank Of America Thought He Was A Good Idea

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Video, Rich People Things, Economic Crisis, Bank of America, Banks, Malcolm Gladwell, Malcolm Gladwell Blink, Big Banks, Business News

What's a beleaguered Bank of America to do? Well, it could make a company-wide commitment to offering better customer service and undertake a systemic reform of its business practices. Or, it could hire Malcolm Gladwell as a shill and put him in front of small-business owners!

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Bank Of America Nabs Malcolm Gladwell To Educate Small Business Owners

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Video, Small Business, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, The Awl, Bank of America, Citibank, Entrepreneurs, Foreclosure, Malcolm Gladwell, Small Business Lending, Business News

Struggling small businesses need not fear any longer: Malcolm Gladwell is on the way, sponsored by Bank of America. Gladwell, the bestselling write...

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Where I Like To Read

Malcolm Gladwell | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Tipping Point, Blink, Steve Jobs Biography, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Reading, Where I Read, Books News
Malcolm Gladwell

My favorite place to read is airplanes.

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New Yorker Festival Lineup Announced

Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: New Yorker, Aziz Ansari, New Yorker Festival 2011, Jonathan Franzen, Nancy Pelosi, New Yorker Festival, Malcolm Gladwell, David Cronenberg, Ralph Fiennes, Culture News

The New Yorker Festival has returned for its 12th year, and they've wrangled quite a lineup for this year's meeting of the minds. From the New Yor...

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Contrary to Gladwell, NBA Owners Do Get to Have Their Cake and Eat It, Too

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Philip Anschutz, Tom Yawkey, Nba Lockout, Mark Cuban, David Stern, Crony Capitalism, Malcolm Gladwell, Staples Center, Sports News
Jonathan Weiler

Owners in all of the major sports have shown an unwavering desire to make as much money as possible precisely by taking advantage of the fact that sports are not ordinary businesses.

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Networking for Innovation

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Clayton Christensen, Innovation, Malcolm Gladwell, Networking, Disruptive Technology, Technology News
Gary Liberson, PhD

Can innovation be learned? YES, but only for those with the right personality.

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Still Time to Vote: Chatting With Atlantic Records & Rolling Stone Contest Finalists Lelia Broussard and The Sheepdogs

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: The Rolling Stones, Outliers, Ewan Currie, John Fogerty, Paul Simon, The Sheepdogs, The Kinks, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, The Beatles, Atlantic Records, The Sadies, The Allman Brothers, Garnier Fructis, Rolling Stone, Dan Romer, My Morning Jacket, Malcolm Gladwell, Elton John, Dr. Dog, David Bowie, The Black Keys, Lelia Broussard, Glam Rock, Jimmy Fallon, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Lelia Broussard and Ewan Currie of The Sheepdogs are the finalists in a contest sponsored by Garnier Fructis where the winner gets a contract with Atlantic Records and the cover of Rolling Stone.

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Bobby Fischer: Against the World, and Against Me

Regina Weinreich | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Susan Polgar. Henry Kissinger, Griffin Dunne, Jay Bonin, Bobby Fischer, Robert Hess, Josh Mostel, Liz Garbus, Bob Salpeter, Judd Hirsch, Asa Hoffman, Garbus's Dad Martin Garbus, Boris Spassky, Sylvia Miles, Cheryl Hines, Jr., Malcolm Gladwell, Clive Davis, Sandra Bernhardt, Lauren Hutton, Sofia Coppola, Robert Kennedy, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Last Tuesday, Bryant Park was a chess fest. Young and old, seasoned and novice players sat head in hands contemplating plastic pieces on the checkered mats. You could hear a pawn drop.

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The New Hottest Spot For An Author On A Book Tour

nytimes.com | KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Author Tour, Google, Google Speakers Program, Mountain View, Author Appearance, Book Tour, Digital Books, Malcolm Gladwell, Google Books, Ebooks, Books News

For authors and other creative professionals, an appearance at the Googleplex, the company's sprawling complex of office buildings, is good business -...

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Spotted Reading In Public: What Have We Seen You Reading Recently? (PHOTOS)

Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: East of Eden, John Steinbeck, Tick Tock, James Patterson, A Discovery of Witches, The Physiology of Taste, I Was Told There'd Be Cake, Malcolm Gladwell, Lush Life, Spotted Reading in Public, When the Killing's Done, Wagner's Ring, Deobrah Harkness, The Tipping Point, The Ethics of What We Eat, T.C. Boyle, Sloane Crosley, Richard Price, Books News

We've had our eyes on you lately and have seen you reading a wide array of genres, as usual. From best-sellers to beloved classics, you've been seen r...

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PHOTOS: 10 Writers’ Unruly, Manly Manes

flavorwire.com | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Nadeem Aslam, Jerzy Kosinski, Writers, Neil Gaiman, Jack Kerouac, Crazy Hair, Homer, Martin Amis, David Foster Wallace, Bernard-Henri Levy, Malcolm Gladwell, Frederick Douglass, Books News

We were a little bit late in reading Jorian Polis Schutz’s analysis of manly manes in the last issue of Cabinet, titled “Barbers and Barbarians,...

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How To Build Your Business For The Virtual Workforce

Brett Caine | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Small Business America, Small Business, Virtual Workplace, Malcolm Gladwell, Virtual Workforce, Business News
Brett Caine

With the creation of new here and now workplaces, the opportunity for on-demand collaboration and business innovation is limitless.

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Gladwell's Views on Entrepreneurs

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Tipping Point, Outliers, Mark Zuckerberg, Innovation, Malcolm Gladwell, Ted Turner, Taking Risks, Entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Business News
Howard Steven Friedman

How often do we avoid taking an action out of the fear of other people's opinions of our failure? Innovators are better at identifying the true risk of a situation and are more willing to fail than others.

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Scorecasting: A Good Read, Whether We Need It or Not

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Freakonomics, Sports Illustrated, Kobe Bryant, Jon Wertheim, Harvard Business School, Malcolm Gladwell, Los Angeles, Nba, Sports News
Joe Favorito

We are a superstitious lot, we sports fans. If sitting facing east works on the day the Jets finally beat the Patriots in the playoffs, we better sit...

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Why Malcolm Gladwell Should Apologize to Social Media

Edward Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Social Media, Twitter, Tipping Point, Egypt Revolution, Youtube, Khaled Said, Malcolm Gladwell, Facebook, Media News
Edward Lee

Gladwell didn't defend his original argument that hierarchy is essential to political movements, much less his central thesis that social media creates only "weak ties" that cannot sustain political revolutions.

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Gutenberg of Arabia

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wael Ghonim, #jan25, Internet, Facebook, Malcolm Gladwell, Egypt, Gutenberg, Egypt Revolution, Mark Zuckerberg, Hosni Mubarak, Printing Press, Media News
Jeff Jarvis

There's a silly debate over the credit social tools should receive in the revolutions in the Middle East. This same alleged debate goes on to this day over Gutenberg, too.

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