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Malcolm Gladwell Overdose

Get ready for the heavy brunt of publicity and advertising around Malcolm Gladwell.

And remember this: all of it is merited. Gladwell’s latest book, David And Goliath, comes out on October 1st. I got my grubby little hands on an advance copy… and it’s really an amazing read. I’m half-way through it, and I do not want it to end. It’s a beautiful book about underdogs and misfits and how they win against giants. Well, you know… it’s about much more than that. It’s about how we perceive the challenges that people face and the outcomes. Really interesting stuff, written like only Gladwell can. In building up to the release, there have been a handful of interesting videos of Gladwell talking about everything from the book to how he writes and more.

Here is some Malcolm Gladwell goodness:

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Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.