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Cool Friend Sighting

Our Cool Friend Bob Sutton has a freshly published book called Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management. We've recently interviewed his coauthor, Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer, about the book, and that Cool Friend interview will be posted in the next few weeks. Can't wait that long to hear about the book? Guy Kawasaki interviewed Bob this week. It's an entertaining read. Check it out here. If it makes you nostalgic for Bob's Weird Ideas That Work days, you can re-visit his Cool Friend interview about that book here.

Shelley Dolley posted this on 05/12/06.

Comments

Stanford University Business School has a video interview that's worth a look at this link: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/multimedia/facultynews/pfeffersutton.ram
I look forward to the interview. The book is a must read.

Posted by Michael McKinney at May 12, 2006 11:39 PM

10 Questions with Bob is 10 too many - and the Hard book is nonsense - like Blink almost pure anecdote drivel - scan it at Costco then put back on the shelf - then sneer at it so the next customer gets the picture.

Posted by Sean at May 14, 2006 5:50 PM

At least Sean is consistently honest.

Posted by tango5 at May 14, 2006 9:55 PM

Thanks T5 - challenge for me with Bob like books is that they get the rank and file in trouble - in other words Bob is financially independent so he is okay preaching chaos and rad behavior - which in white/bright collar and creative corporate positions generally may get one fired.

Posted by Sean at May 15, 2006 8:07 AM

I donâ€™t believe Bob is advocating anyone taking an â€œIâ€™m-smarter-than-you / you-people-are-all- idiots because I check my facts before proceeding and you donâ€™tâ€ approach. That should get you fired. I didnâ€™t get that idea from the book. There is a responsible way to apply his/their principles and thinking. To the point, one should apply it to their own little corner of the world without telling everyone else where they could do the same. The idea isnâ€™t to be an upstart but to try to make your own thinking and resulting decisions more closely approach reality. That will get you noticed in a positive way.

Posted by Michael McKinney at May 15, 2006 12:09 PM