I have decided that my headlines need more flair. This one might have been a little over the top.
Anyway, I wanted to point you to the storyteller showdown between Malcolm Galdwell (Blink, The Tipping Point) and James Surowiecki (The Wisdom of Crowds). Slate is hosting the email exchange as the two authors debate decision making. They posted Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
It's worth checking out.
[via Crossroads Dispatches]
About Dylan Schleicher
Dylan Schleicher has been a part of the 800-CEO-READ claque since 2003. Even though he's stayed on at the company, he has not stayed put. After beginning in shipping & receiving, he joined customer service and accounting before moving into his current, highly elliptical orbit of duties overseeing the ChangeThis and In the Books websites, the company's annual review of books and in-house design. He lives with his wife and two children in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Milwaukee's West Side.
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