The Art of Fairness : The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodanis, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairness.

Integrity.

Magnanimity.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Art of Fairness

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Abrams, Inc., 2021.

Summary:

Can you succeed without being a terrible person? We often think not: recognizing that, as the old saying has it, "nice guys finish last." But does that mean you have to go to the other extreme and be a bully or Machiavellian to get anything done? In The Art of Fairness, bestselling author David Bodanis uses thrilling case studies to show there's a better path, leading neatly in between. He reveals how it was fairness, applied with skill, that led to the speedy development of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, to construction ofthe Empire State Building to be constructed in barely a year, and to a quiet English debutante becoming an acclaimed jungle guerrilla fighter in World War II. In ten vivid profiles featuring pilots, filmmakers, baseball managers, and more, we see that the path to greatness doesn't require crushing displays of power or tyrannical ego. Simple fair decency can prevail

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction: A Quiet Tea

I - The Stories

Part One - Listeners

1. Pilots: Listen, without ego - Al Haynes and Park Duk-kyu

2. Directors: Listen, without fixation - Danny Boyle and Old-School Hollywood

Part Two - Givers

3. Builders: Give, but audit - Paul Starrett and Frank Lorenzo

4. Fighters: Give, by letting others give - Ursula Graham Bower and Old-School Colonialists

Part Three - Defenders

5. Coaches: Defend, by not overdefending - Gil Hodges and Leo Durocher

6. Tech Executives: Defend, by opening gateways - Satya Nadella and Steve Ballmer

Reflection - Who Are We?

7. Voyagers: On the Loving Kindness of Captain William Bligh

II - The Test

Part Four - Propaganda Master

8. Young Men in Transition: Joey and Elsie

9. Reichsminister: Joseph Goebbels triumphant

Part Five - President

10. Gilded Youths: The Ordeal of Franklin D. Roosevelt

11. New Dealer: Hitler's White House Invitation

Part Six - War

12. How Good People Succeed: Payback

Epilogue: The Repair of a Broken World

Readings and Reflections

Acknowledgments

Index of Searchable Terms.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781647003869

1647003865

OCLC:

1263873803