Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2025-05-26
Steven Bartlett & Simon Sinek: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (May 2025)
Simon Sinek: You're Being Lied To About AI's Real Purpose And We're Teaching Our Kids To Not Be Human!
What if AI isn’t just a tool - but the greatest threat to human connection we’ve ever faced? Simon Sinek is a world-renowned entrepreneur, optimism expert, and founder of The Optimism Company, a platform which teaches human skills to leaders and organisations.
Simon Sinek discussed The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Wisdom of Crowds
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki is an influential examination of how large groups of people can collectively demonstrate greater intelligence, problem-solving ability, and decision-making accuracy than even the smartest individual experts within the group.
Discussed“There was a book called Oh, it was The Wisdom of Crowds. I think it was that one. I think it was The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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