Archives September 2008

The Halo Effect: What a read

 Forcing myself to find SOMETHING to read in the generic selection my local library offers, I picked up the most insightful looking book I could find: The Halo Effect

The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

It’s funny, how simple an idea it exposes. Simple and wonderful. The other “Business Delusions” really just support the Halo Effect.  The Halo effect is simple: Generalizing a company based on their profits. It also impedes our learning, which is the real purpose behind the book.  Once you understand the Halo Effect ( you will in a moment ), you begin to see that it is proliferated in most business writing and ...

 

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