The post highlights several influential books focusing on business success and effective management strategies. Key titles include “Money Ball,” emphasizing data-driven decision-making, “Netflix,” promoting competitive innovation, and “Zero to One,” advocating for selective investments. Other notable mentions are “Snowball,” “Rebooting AI,” and “Smarter Faster Better,” showcasing habits of successful individuals and organizational productivity.
Monthly Archives: August 2025
The Risk Professionals’ Library – Part 1
The content emphasizes the importance of learning from past financial crises and failures, such as Enron and the Dot.com collapse. It highlights key risks, particularly leverage and the detachment from fundamentals, while referencing influential books and films that illustrate these lessons. Ultimately, it urges readers to reflect on their resources and awareness of potential risks.
Classic Risk Failures: Hubris & the Titan Submarine
One of the recurring themes in catastrophic risk failures is HUBRIS. The story of OceanGate and the Titan submarine is a timely reminder of this risk. Let’s look at the definition and some red flags! Hubris is excessive pride, arrogance, or self-confidence, often leading to defiance of moral or natural limits, resulting in downfall orContinueContinue reading “Classic Risk Failures: Hubris & the Titan Submarine”
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