There are books that inspire you, books that make you think, and books that are entertaining.  Freakonomics is definitely entertaining, and it makes you pause and think about why certain things happen – whether you buy into the theories/correlations that are presented in the book or not.  After reading The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan (our last book read in our book club), it was refreshing...

As you might now, TBridge started a book club and the first book we read was Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. A week after our review, Stephen Daze comes in during our weekly meeting announcing that Malcolm Gladwell will be at the NAC June 11th and since we had all just read his book, we will all be attending (who said timing wasn’t everything?). For those of you who have never...

At the beginning of our book club meeting on Outliers, Stephen Daze asked us a question: If we are to believe the theories stipulated by Gladwell in Outliers, what are the skills or opportunities needed to become an outlier entrepreneur? Well that’s an interesting question. Because it makes you have to think long and hard about what an entrepreneur is. According to Wikipedia – an entrepreneur...

As you know, today we’re having our first book club discussion on Outliers.  I wanted to write down some initial thoughts on the book before our discussion to see if the debate changes any of my original thoughts and impressions. First I’d like to say I thoroughly enjoyed the book.  Gladwell is entertaining to read, each chapter filled with a new aspect that is either entertaining, thought provoking,...

Well it’s here – our TalentBridge Book Club has commenced!   TBridge has started a business/entrepreneurship book club, and our first book, suggested by Manu Sharma, is Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.  It’s about the best and the brightest and the most successful.  It focuses on where these success outliers came from and the external factors that helped develop...