Archimedes’ Hot Tub

A book site says that “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” is one of the 100 best business books of all time. This sparked me to think about the Kindergartener’s Guide to Business.

I’m not sure if “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” really qualifies as a business book. Maybe as a motivational guide. But I do think “The House at Pooh Corner” has plenty to say about corporate life. It has Tigger, the epitome of the unmanageable employee (and aspiring CEO), Rabbit in all his micromanaging, scheming splendor, Pooh at his earnest best, fending off corporate Heffalumps with his trembling sidekick Piglet, and the Eeyores and Owls that inhabit companies everywhere. Christopher Robin, the actual CEO, appears periodically to clean up messes (a nice change of pace from today’s headlines).

I’m open to suggestions here. What other children’s books tell us something about work?

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