Comments on: Against Gladwellism http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/11/19/against-gladwellism/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob V http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/11/19/against-gladwellism/#comment-72148 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:07:54 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=3261#comment-72148 There are many authors who if I were to meet I would take out my copy of the Rosenzweig’s The Halo Effect and slap them with repeatedly until they went away. He’s one of them.

That said, I think it might be unfair to coin a word after him for this flaw. What about virtually every CEO autobiography detailing the presumed reasons for their success?

I shudder to consider going back to my own blog and view my 1000+ posts for the number of just-so explanations I offer.

I shudder more to consider how many there are that I wouldn’t even be able to identify.
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Is there really a way to stop Gladwellism though? should we really include a logic and cognitive biases course into the high school curriculum?

]]> By: michael webster http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/11/19/against-gladwellism/#comment-72133 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:15:03 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=3261#comment-72133 Hmm, I suspect that most of us are not polymaths and have to concentrate pretty hard on puzzle problems to make even a small difference.

Gladwell is a great writer, who may inspire young thinkers to take up his unique synthesis of ideas.

But he is not a scientist, nor does he pretend to be one. Let’s give him his due as a wonderful writer.

]]> By: andrea http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/11/19/against-gladwellism/#comment-72128 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:26:58 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=3261#comment-72128 “Hello, Kettle, this is Pot calling!”

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