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Ten Must-Reads for IT Leaders |
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Friday, 11 September 2009 |
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How to Read a Book
By Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren; Touchstone, revised edition (August 1972). Originally written by Adler in 1940 and heavily revised in 1972 with Van Doren, this now classic guide to intelligent reading is as relevant today as it was 70 years ago. One of the key topics is what the authors call Synoptical reading. The idea is to read a number of books on a given subject, as objectively as possible, and withhold judgment and criticism of all the books -- or the topics being written about -- until you fully understand the different perspectives. For executives, this message translates to "get the entire picture before you make a decision."
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