Topic
The industrial age
58 entries on OurWord tagged The industrial age.
Learning and growthAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein (Germany · 1879–1955) — Imagination. The physicist, and the father of…Power and organisationAlbert O. HirschmanAlbert O. Hirschman (United States · 1915-2012) — Voice. A German-born American…Family and relationshipsAlfred AdlerAlfred Adler (1870–1937 · Austria) — Whose task is this. The founder of individual…Starting and buildingAndy GroveAndy Grove (1936–2016 · Budapest to Intel) — Strategic inflection point. Intel's third…Money and riskBenjamin GrahamBenjamin Graham (United States · 1894–1976) — Margin of safety. The father of security…Learning and growthBruce LeeBruce Lee (Contemporary · 1940–1973) — Formless. The film star is the outermost label. He…Power and organisationC. Northcote ParkinsonC. Northcote Parkinson (United Kingdom · 1909-1993) — Expansion. A British historian…Mind and feelingCarl JungCarl Jung (1875–1961 · Zurich) — The afternoon has its own programme. The founder of…Family and relationshipsCarl RogersCarl Rogers (1902–1987 · United States) — Held first. The founder of humanistic…Money and riskCharles P. KindlebergerCharles P. Kindleberger (United States · 1910-2003) — Credit. An American economist, born…Learning and growthCharlie MungerCharlie Munger (Contemporary · 1924–2023) — Invert. Buffett's partner for more than half…Family and relationshipsDonald WinnicottDonald Winnicott (Britain · 1896–1971) — Good enough. A British paediatrician who became…Body and daily lifeFlorence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale (Britain · 1820-1910) — Care. The founder of modern nursing. In 1854…How the world worksFriedrich HayekFriedrich Hayek (Austria–Britain · 1899–1992) — Dispersed knowledge. The man who turned…Learning and growthFukuzawa YukichiFukuzawa Yukichi (Japan · 1835–1901) — Relearning. Educator of the Meiji period and…Reading peopleGandhiGandhi (India · 1869–1948) — Nonviolence. An Indian lawyer thrown off a train in South…Money and riskGeorge SorosGeorge Soros (1930– · Budapest and New York) — Reflexivity. Founder of the Quantum Fund…Family and relationshipsHarvard Study of Adult DevelopmentHarvard Study of Adult Development (1938–present · Harvard Medical School)…Money and riskHu XueyanHu Xueyan (Qing · 1823–1885) — The patron. The most famous merchant of the late Qing…How the world worksIvan IllichIvan Illich (Austria–Mexico · 1926–2002) — A ceiling. A priest who spent the 1970s taking…Money and riskJesse LivermoreJesse Livermore (United States · 1877–1940) — Sitting tight. The most famous speculator…Money and riskJim SimonsJim Simons (United States · 1938–2024) — A small edge, repeated. A mathematician first: a…Strategy and competitionJohn BoydJohn Boyd (United States · 1927–1997) — Tempo. A US Air Force colonel known as…How the world worksJohn Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes (Britain · 1883–1946) — Not knowing. British economist, born in…Learning and growthKarl PopperKarl Popper (1902–1994 · Vienna and London) — It has to be refutable. A philosopher of…Starting and buildingKazuo InamoriKazuo Inamori (1932–2022 · Kyoto) — The multiplier. Founded Kyocera at twenty-seven and…Starting and buildingKonosuke MatsushitaKonosuke Matsushita (Japan · 1894–1989) — Tap water. He left school at nine to be an…Power and organisationLee Kuan YewLee Kuan Yew (Singapore · 1923–2015) — Survival first. In 1965 Singapore was expelled…Learning and growthLev VygotskyLev Vygotsky (1934 · Soviet psychologist) — One notch higher. A Soviet psychologist who…Money and riskLi Ka-shingLi Ka-shing (Contemporary · 1928–) — Cycles. From a plastic flower workshop to a group…Learning and growthLin HuiyinLin Huiyin (Republic of China · Hangzhou · 1904-1955) — Architecture and verse. Architect…Strategy and competitionMao ZedongMao Zedong (Modern · 1893–1976) — Concentrate. Between 1936 and 1949 he wrote a set of…Family and relationshipsMaria MontessoriMaria Montessori (1907 · Casa dei Bambini, Rome) — The room, not the discipline. One of…Body and daily lifeMarie CurieMarie Curie (1867–1934 · Warsaw and Paris) — She took his course. Physicist and chemist…How the world worksNeil PostmanNeil Postman (United States · 1931-2003) — Cost. An American media critic who taught at…Reading peopleNelson MandelaNelson Mandela (South Africa · 1918–2013) — Reconciliation. Twenty-seven years in prison…Mind and feelingNietzscheNietzsche (1844–1900 · Germany) — Overcoming. The most misread philosopher there is. The…Strategy and competitionOn WarOn War (Prussia · 1832) — Friction. Clausewitz joined the army at twelve, lived through…Power and organisationOtto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck (Prussia · 1815–1898) — Alliance geometry. The man who treated Europe…Starting and buildingPeter DruckerPeter Drucker (1909–2005 · Vienna to America) — Results, not activity. The man who turned…Money and riskPeter LynchPeter Lynch (United States · 1944–) — Turning over rocks. He ran Fidelity's Magellan fund…Starting and buildingRen ZhengfeiRen Zhengfei (Contemporary · 1944–) — Endurance. In 1987, at forty-three, he put twenty…Learning and growthRichard FeynmanRichard Feynman (1918–1988 · United States) — Do not fool yourself. Nobel physicist…How the world worksRobert AxelrodRobert Axelrod (United States · born 1943) — Reciprocity. An American political…How the world worksRobert K. MertonRobert K. Merton (United States · 1910-2003) — Self-confirming. An American sociologist…How the world worksRonald CoaseRonald Coase (Britain · 1910–2013) — Transaction costs. British economist, born in London…Mind and feelingSimone WeilSimone Weil (France · 1909-1943) — Attention. A French philosopher who qualified to teach…Family and relationshipsSimone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir (France · 1908–1986) — Not born. A French philosopher and writer, born…Strategy and competitionSu YuSu Yu (China · 1907–1984) — Outnumbered. A field commander who was almost always the…Mind and feelingSøren KierkegaardSøren Kierkegaard (Denmark · 1813–1855) — Choosing. A Danish philosopher, born in…Reading peopleThe CrowdThe Crowd (1895 · Gustave Le Bon) — How a crowd runs. The founding book of crowd…How the world worksThe Old Regime and the RevolutionThe Old Regime and the Revolution (1856 · Alexis de Tocqueville) — Improvement breeds…Strategy and competitionThomas SchellingThomas Schelling (United States · 1921–2016) — Commitment. In the most dangerous years of…How the world worksThorstein VeblenThorstein Veblen (USA · 1857–1929) — Display. An American economist born in 1857 on a…Mind and feelingViktor FranklViktor Frankl (1905–1997 · Vienna) — Meaning. Psychiatrist, camp survivor, and the…Money and riskWarren BuffettWarren Buffett (Contemporary · 1930–) — The moat. Sixty years of compounding, and a…Mind and feelingWinston ChurchillWinston Churchill (1874–1965 · Britain) — Ten years out, back at 65. Politician and…Reading peopleZeng GuofanZeng Guofan (Qing · 1811–1872) — Dull and unbreakable. The most famous case in Chinese…
