The Big Bing

Black Holes of Time Management, Gaseous Executive Bodies, Exploding Careers, and Other Theories on the Origins of the Business Universe.

Funny, sharply observant, pleasantly mean-spirited, and at times even useful, The Big Bing is the definitive collection of thoughts, rants, musings, and gripes from America's greatest surviving business humorist.

For twenty years, Stanley Bing has offered insight, wisdom, and advice from inside the belly of the corporate beast. Kicking and screaming all the way up the ladder, he's seen it all-mergers, acquisitions, layoffs, and, tragically, the death of the three-martini lunch. More important, he's seen management at its best and worst, and has practiced both as he made the transition from an inexperienced player who hated pompous senior executives to a polished strategist who kind of sees their point of view now and then.

Now, in one essential volume, Bing pulls together his most sophisticated and hilarious pieces from Esquire and Fortune to provide a corporate mole's-eye view of the society in which we live and toil, presenting all you need to know to master your career, your life, and, when necessary, other, weaker life forms.