2:31 pm
Simon
Gladwell is not someone I'd heard of until recently, but I had heard of his work. If you've not heard the phrase 'tipping point' you really haven't been paying attention. The title of his last book, and if not of Gladwell's coinage then certainly something he popularised, it has taken off both in the buzz-speak marketing world and outside. The man himself is lauded as a hero, a thinking man for the everyman. His latest book, Blink, is about the snap decisions the brain makes without the conscious knowing. So what is it about his writing that makes groupies out of the most poker-faced of critics?
- Gladwell.com The man's own site, with his articles.
- Powells.com interview
- Salon.com Books - Review of Blink
- Fast Company | The Accidental Guru A review of the man to date
- Slate | Blink and The Wisdom of Crowds
- Malcolm Gladwell- McLuhan's Hair Apparent
- Fast Company | The Malcolm Gladwell Reader Which articles on Gladwell.com you should read first. May I humbly add the one about ketchup.
Update
People are still talking about the man. I've recently seen:
- Gladwell by Gladwell [1999] Dated, but insightful
- Stay Free! Daily: Malcolm Gladwell
- Gladwell's speach to the Commonwealth Club I've not listened to this
- Nerve - Reflexology and speed dating self-deception
