Significance of Organizational Change in Robbins’ Awaken the Giant Within and Gladwell’s What the Dog Saw

Significance of Organizational Change in Robbins’ Awaken the Giant Within and Gladwell’s What the Dog Saw

I’ve been reading two books during the past couple of weeks, “Awaken the Giant Within” by Tony Robbins and “What the Dog Saw” by Malcolm Gladwell. Whenever I read a book, I read it with an eye towards lessons or insight I can use in organizational change.

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Robbins’ book is full of insight; Gladwell’s has its moments. These disparities of insight stem from the difference in construction and intent of the two books. Robbins wrote his book as a roadmap for helping individuals change; whereas, Gladwell’s book is a collection of his previously published articles.

This makes Gladwell’s book somewhat disjointed in its flow. But what really sets the two books apart is how Gladwell does a great job presenting information, but fails to connect the stories with any insightful takeaways.

So while there are a lot of “that’s interesting” moments, there aren’t many “ah ha” moments in his book. He merely tells a bunch of interesting, but loosely coupled stories that leaves you with an “interesting story, but so what?” feeling.

Robbins, on the other hand, overwhelms you with insight. His stories are …