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The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management, Second Edition

by Art Kleiner
Jossey-Bass, $29.95

A heretic as defined by Art Kleiner, editor in chief of strategy+business magazine, is a visionary who creates change in large-scale companies, balancing the contrary truths employees can’t deny against their loyalty to their organizations. In the second edition of his book, Kleiner explores the nature of effective leadership in times of change and reveals how leaders can make transformative changes while running a company. In the forward to this book, USC University Professor Warren Bennis reflects on these ideas, writing, “At its heart, Kleiner’s book is a history of ideas, some good, some less so.”