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Why Jared Diamond’s leadership book on prophets, coaches and kings is flawed but fun

By Claire Wright, Senior Lecturer and Business Historian, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney

Jared Diamond is back. Since Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse were published a generation ago, Diamond has been synonymous with sweeping explanations for complex historical problems.

His latest book, Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter? tackles another ambitious question:…

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