Reading rank 121
The Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness
, subject: David Ogilvy's creative habits and company culture
A concise examination of how a founder’s ideas can remain active in a company’s culture after the founder is gone.
98
Coverage Score
6
Scored evidence
About the book
Published internally by Ogilvy & Mather in 2009, the 65-page handbook names eight virtues of creative work: courage, idealism, curiosity, playfulness, candor, intuition, free-spiritedness, and persistence.
Why read it
Best if you are interested in how a company can preserve a deceased founder’s ideas as an active guide for its culture.
Key themes
- Capturing a founder's thinking
- Guidance versus memorial
Evidence and original sources
This record is supported by 9 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- The Eternal Pursuit of Unhappiness: David Ogilvy — David introduces this as the book he is dedicating the episode to, giving its subtitle and authorship.
- How Walt Disney Built Himself — David explicitly references covering this book on episode 343.
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