Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
In Their Time
Anthony J. Mayo · 2005
78/100
👍 Worth It
A rigorously researched Harvard Business School study of twentieth-century business leaders, organized by decade and unified by the idea that great leaders read the moment they inhabit. The contextual intelligence framework is genuinely useful and the breadth of profiles is impressive. It reads more like a reference text than a narrative, so readers expecting storytelling flair may find it dense, but as a leadership history it earns its place.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance82
craft68
originality76
accuracy85
hype65
age-fit80
human-eye75
Penny’s verdict78
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