We all know what “fragile” means. But what is the opposite of fragile? If you are like me, your instinctive response would be “robust” or perhaps “durable.” But you would be wrong. Something that is ...

Just as a campfire feeds off random wind gusts, well-prepared people and organizations can benefit from volatility and chance events, risk researcher and former derivatives trader Taleb argues. But ...

Nassim Taleb described and dubbed the concept of antifragility first. A positive attribute opposite fragility. Apple is a winner. It has a dominant profit share, and it's the team to beat. That's ...

If you are still looking for a gift for someone special this holiday season, may I suggest Nassim Taleb’s book “Antifragile.” I know it may seem a little nerdy, but reading this book would be a great ...

"Black Swan" (and more recently, "Antifragile") author Nassim Taleb is known for, among other things, his impassioned arguments against his detractors (especially on Twitter and Facebook). Yesterday, ...

Nassim Taleb, the man who popularized the “black swan” theory, recently did a Q&A with Yahoo Finance. Taleb, the author of “The Black Swan” and “Antifragile,” is the “Distinguished Scientific Advisor” ...

When I did my book review last month on Antifragile, by Nassim Taleb, I did the book a disservice since I had read only partway through it. I have just completed the book, and I can say that (with the ...

OK, an admission. I’ve been avoiding reading Antifragile, the latest but now three-year-old book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Nothing against Taleb; I follow him on twitter and really enjoyed his earlier ...

Design your company for resilience rather than speed. There’s an old saying that the key to entrepreneurship is putting yourself in a position to be lucky. Given the failure rate of even ...