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The Halo Effect: How Managers Let Themselves Be Deceived

Philip M. Rosenzweig

Why do celebrated companies so quickly become cautionary tales? Philip Rosenzweig shows how outcomes color judgments and how managers can reason about strategy, evidence, and uncertainty.

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10 parts, about 20 minutes to read.

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Author
Philip M. Rosenzweig
Parts
10 parts
Reading time
about 20 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. 1. How Little We Know2 min
  2. 2. The Story of Cisco2 min
  3. 3. Up and Down with ABB2 min
  4. 4. Halos All Around Us2 min
  5. 5. Research to the Rescue?2 min
  6. 6. Searching for Stars, Finding Halos2 min
  7. 7. Delusions Piled High and Deep2 min
  8. 8. Stories, Science, and the Schizophrenic Tour de Force2 min
  9. 9. The Mother of All Business Questions, Take Two2 min
  10. 10. Managing Without Coconut Headsets2 min

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    Rosenzweig argues that retrospective accounts risk turning success into its own explanation; Collins derives a framework from company comparisons and believes that conscientiously applying it can substantially improve almost any organization.

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