{"product_id":"9781398725492","title":"Streetwise","description":"Author: Lloyd Blankfein\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781398725492\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eFrom the long-tenured head Goldman Sachs - an institution legendary for its culture of success - comes a candid memoir of global leadership in an age of extreme turbulence\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eLloyd Blankfein is scary smart about people, markets, and life generally.\u003c\/b\u003e During the 2008-2009 financial crisis, Lloyd acted decisively, and he tells the story of what happened with unique insights' \u003cb\u003eWARREN BUFFETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA sharp insider's guide to the era of when the financial industry spun out of control\u003c\/b\u003e before nearly collapsing, then getting larger than ever ... As much as a Wall Street story, it is \u003cb\u003ea wider narrative of culture and leadership\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Lloyd Blankfein was attacked as a Wall Street fat cat, he had to smile, thinking of his precarious childhood in the notorious public housing projects of East New York, Brooklyn, and attending a high school so chaotic he didn't feel safe leaving class to go to the bathroom in his time there. Harvard University was a total moonshot, and his outsider status never wore off, there or at Harvard Law. When he struck people as street-y, it wasn't Wall Street they were thinking of. But if the chip never quite left Blankfein's shoulder, neither did a wry, resilient spirit and a lucid, democratic intelligence that saw through airs and found talent and ideas in unlikely places.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStreetwise\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightfully honest, sharp and often very funny reckoning with Blankfein's education - in finance, human nature and the workings of the world. It abounds with lessons about leading teams of brilliant, aggressive, competitive people and harmonising them around shared goals; changing when times are hard and when they're good; managing risk; and knowing a crisis is at hand before it swamps you so you can guide your team to the further shore. Blankfein is famed for his calm hand on Goldman Sachs's tiller during the global financial crisis, and that story is told in full here, among many other decisive episodes.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful blueprint for the wise stewardship of a cause that is larger than yourself, \u003ci\u003eStreetwise\u003c\/i\u003e will inspire and inform readers throughout the global business community and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697802498206,"sku":"ADS-9781398725492","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781398725492.jpg?v=1775719713","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781398725492","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}