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The best manager is often neither the most outstanding professional, the best business getter, nor even the best “financial brain.”

David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm

The structural barriers that protected information advantages have dissolved. Tiger Global's legendary research operation—once a differentiating force with hundreds of analysts producing proprietary market maps and competitive landscapes is over. Today, a solo GP with access to Deep Research can generate comparable analysis in hours, not months, an... See more

Lawrence Lundy-Bryan • data-driven VC is over

Hagel was among the first management gurus to recognize the need to embrace a learning mentality. As the pace of change increases, many executives focus on product and service innovations to stay afloat. However, there is a deeper and more fundamental opportunity for institutional innovation—redefining the rationale for institutions and developing

Chris Shipley • The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work

le banche dati strategiche delle organizzazioni sono nelle teste dei loro manager tanto quanto nei file dei loro computer.

Henry Mintzberg • Il Lavoro Manageriale in Pratica. Quello Che I Manager Fanno E Quello Che Possono Fare Meglio

“Richard has the part of my brain I don’t have,” he said. “Richard is a philosopher type,” said Rajeev, who had brought them both into the White House. “He’s good at putting things into a bigger context. Carter is good at putting things into a smaller context.”

Michael Lewis • The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

Any institution that thrives on curiosity and exploration must embrace the role of the edge case.

arbesman.substack.com • ☞ Outlier Roles in Venture Capital (and other Organizations)

Tyler’s distribution strategy, application design, intellectual tastes, and influence on awardees all interplay to explain his success as a talent curator.

kulesa.substack.com • Tyler Cowen is the best curator of talent in the world

According to Schneider, the boss’s key role at Disney Animation is choosing the best among the many exemplary ideas that are presented.

Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

Technology for producing and distributing information is useless without some way to locate, filter, organize and summarize it. A new profession of “information managers” will have to combine the skills of computer scientists, librarians, publishers and database experts to help us discover and manage information. These human agents will work with s