We often say that some lessons must be learned "the hard way" meaning they must be lived to really sink in. But do all our lessons really need to be learned this way? Certainly not in business. In this debut work, former public corporation senior executive John Samuels describes the many lessons he's learned throughout his career in thirty-four short stories of corporate politics, intrique, and craziness. While most of the tales contain zany twists, surprises, or some over-the-top corporate nonsense, there is a certain nastiness that seems to pervade his experiences in the four U.S. public...