The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

As with Blink, the material assembled for this book is fascinating, but I thought the thesis was not as focused and coherent as in Blink, and there were a couple of questionable claims made (regarding the importance and profoundness of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, for example). The research on the perfect size for corporations and on how people's behaviour is related to the care lavished on their environment were the most interesting insights to me.

-- Gary Dumbrill, Surplus Labour