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The Tipping Point Is Toast, But Watts Didn’t Burn It

by · January 29, 2008

Fast CompanyClive Thompson’s Fast Company story about Duncan Watts and his stance that books like Malcolm Gladwell‘s The Tipping Point and The Influentials by Ed Keller and Jon Berry are basically bunk – that influencers play only a minor part in trend setting and producing the viral effect so many brands and marketers are in search of – is an interesting read. As Rob May of BusinessPundit.com put it, “I always enjoy seeing conventional wisdom kicked in the face.”

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