Jared Diamond Returns (on the science of leadership)

Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, returns to discuss his new work on leadership. He and Dax explore his family's connection to the Holocaust, his unusual journey from physiology to geography, and how natural experiments can test historical questions. Diamond shares a framework for measuring the impact of CEOs and coaches, introduces the 'Hamlet test' for irreplaceable leaders, and explains why timing often trumps talent and why democracies overestimate a president's control over the economy.