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Tag Archives: Niccolò Machiavelli
Risk cannot be conquered: Has Wall Street forgotten Machiavelli’s lessons?
In chapter 25 of Machiavelli’s Prince, we see the problem of fortune and the challenge it presents to a prince. In this instance, we are using fortune to refer to risk. The two are not exactly the same so one … Continue reading
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Is the future of work an aristocratic democracy?: Leo Strauss on Managment
Harold Jarche has a challenging post about the future of management and the future of work at his site: Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business are Hollow Shells without Democracy. Are the future of work and the future of management inherently … Continue reading