Surely Continual Learning Should Apply to the Boss Too?
World in My Hand by Sachin Ghodke
I was clearing through some old articles I cut and not yet reviewed. About a year ago the FT ran a survey of global business leaders to try and ascertain whether there was one business book which had had most influence over them.
The fact that there was no consensus (it was either a Peters or Drucker book that received four votes. All other books selected just received one vote each) is not the point of this piece.
It was an interesting set of assertions about global leaders’ reading habits that surprised me (I don’t think I misinterpreted…)
The gist of it was that such prominent leaders would be bordering on the dereliction of their duties if they were seen to be spending their time reading ‘business’ or ‘management’ books. That their shareholders would be aghast that such individuals would have either need (nor time) to read and learn anything from these books..
Maybe I did read it wrong?
Just Seven Things 