The Book Judge Conrad Chua

How does a company or an industry face up to the digital disruption? Will Page's answer is that it has to recognise what is going on, take a leap of faith, discard the old model and go with something new. He knows a thing or two about this because he was the Chief Economist at Spotify, a company that has completely transformed the music industry through streaming. This change did not come easily and the music industry had to be dragged kicking and screaming to embrace streaming. Page arg...

The internet has made it so easy for anyone to get access to information and data. But that data and information by themselves don't translate to knowledge. If anything many people feel overwhelmed by data and the often contradictory conclusions that experts might draw from the same set of data.How can you cut through all that noise and gain insights that can translate to action? Scott E Page suggests building your own mental model Swiss Army knife. His book the Model Thinker introduces model...

When you get into business school or enter business, people keep telling you to build your network to get ahead.. Networks are terribly important but if all you do is focus on the transactional nature of network building (think amassing lots of Linkedin connections) you lose out on building deep relationships. You don't have to make every network connection a deep relationship but you do need a small number of exceptional relationships to get further in your career and personal life. Car...

Digital transformation is a recurring theme in business cases, corporate bedrooms, and flip charts in consulting companies. Is there any hope for industries such as newspapers and higher education in the face of disruptions from companies such as Google, Facebook, the Khan Academy and Udemy? What explains the continued success of the New York Times and the Economist when so many other newspapers and magazines continue to lose market share and money?Bharat Anand argues that many people focus t...

There is this saying that you are the average of your 5 best friends. If you think of your organisation, then hiring 5 best people would raise everyone's game. But how do you find one of these stars, let alone 5? Will stars in another company necessarily be good for your organisation? Were they actual talents or supported by the unique environment in their previous company?Claudio Fernandez-Araoz is an expert in spotting and recruiting talent. The book It's Not the How or the What but the Who...

We have all watched movies where a good but flawed individual gives in to some impulse and commits a crime that causes his or her life to spiral out of control. Most of us think that we are moral individuals that will make the right decision and stop ourselves from crossing the line. But will we?Eugene Soltes takes an interesting look at white collar crime. He interviewed many executives convicted of white collar crime with his academic lens. He does not try to cast moral judgement on them bu...