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Oct 2024
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Malcolm Gladwell’s New Take on Tipping P...

Harvard Business Review
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There was a time when business leaders and managers didn't worry so much about psychology or other social science research. Malcolm Gladwell's writing played a big role in changing that. His popular exploration of tipping points — the phenomenon where small, incremental actions can suddenly fuse into a full-blown social behavior — brought research insights t ... Show More
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