Tag Archives: Niccolò Machiavelli

Risk cannot be conquered: Has Wall Street forgotten Machiavelli’s lessons?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

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

Posted on February 26, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

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 →

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