many business books offer strongly worded advice based on no empirical data, or second-hand outdated psychology studies, or cherrypicked pop statistics about particular products, ads, or markets
Echoing this, I’ve also found that many business books are simply variations of “here is what worked for me in this specific situation, which I am now proselytizing as a general rule.” I do wish that there were more business books that were explanations of business research, or popularizing of academic papers.
Echoing this, I’ve also found that many business books are simply variations of “here is what worked for me in this specific situation, which I am now proselytizing as a general rule.” I do wish that there were more business books that were explanations of business research, or popularizing of academic papers.
For organizational psychology I have found the works of Adam Grant to be quite good at explaining the research