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Predictable Success
by Les McKeown • 2010
Growth creates complexity, complexity kills growth. Seven stages, one sweet spot.
4.03
707
👥 Corporate Lifecycles📉 Corporate Decline🏗️ Scaling Companies⚖️ Entrepreneurial Balance🔄 Leadership Transitions
Predictable Success Summary
Predictable Success 96%
Growth creates complexity, complexity kills growth. Seven stages, one sweet spot.
by Les McKeown 2010
4.03
707 ratings
👥 Corporate Lifecycles📉 Corporate Decline🏗️ Scaling Companies⚖️ Entrepreneurial Balance🔄 Leadership Transitions
The Innovator's Dilemma
by Clayton M. Christensen • 1997
The practices that make a company excellent are the same ones that make it obsolete.
4.04
61k+
🔻 Organizational Decline⚙️ Technology Management♟️ Competitive Strategy💰 Resource Allocation🌱 Market Creation
The Innovator's Dilemma Summary
The Innovator's Dilemma 96%
The practices that make a company excellent are the same ones that make it obsolete.
by Clayton M. Christensen 1997
4.04
61k+ ratings
🔻 Organizational Decline⚙️ Technology Management♟️ Competitive Strategy💰 Resource Allocation🌱 Market Creation
Zone to Win
by Geoffrey A. Moore • 2015
Large companies lose to disruption from structure, not blindness. The fix: four parallel zones.
3.85
1k+
🏢 Corporate Strategy💡 Innovation Management🏗️ Organizational Design🌪️ Disruption Theory🚀 Intrapreneurship
Zone to Win Summary
Zone to Win 96%
Large companies lose to disruption from structure, not blindness. The fix: four parallel zones.
by Geoffrey A. Moore 2015
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Strategy💡 Innovation Management🏗️ Organizational Design🌪️ Disruption Theory🚀 Intrapreneurship
How The Mighty Fall
by Jim Collins • 2009
Success plants the seeds of collapse: five stages from arrogance to bankruptcy.
3.99
10k+
🏚️ Corporate Decline📊 Business Case Studies😤 Hubris And Overreach🔄 Turnarounds📋 Evidence-Based Management
How The Mighty Fall Summary
How The Mighty Fall 96%
Success plants the seeds of collapse: five stages from arrogance to bankruptcy.
by Jim Collins 2009
3.99
10k+ ratings
🏚️ Corporate Decline📊 Business Case Studies😤 Hubris And Overreach🔄 Turnarounds📋 Evidence-Based Management
Lights Out
by Thomas Gryta • 2020
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
3.92
5k+
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline🧮 Earnings Manipulation💰 Financial Engineering
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out 96%
GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.
by Thomas Gryta 2020
3.92
5k+ ratings
⚖️ Corporate Governance🏢 Organizational Culture📉 Corporate Decline🧮 Earnings Manipulation💰 Financial Engineering
Leap
by Howard Yu • 2018
The rule that doomed Steinway and saved P&G: abandon your core expertise before it traps you.
3.60
173
📊 Corporate Strategy🌀 Knowledge Lifecycle💥 Creative Destruction🔄 Continuous Reinvention🤖 Ai Automation
Leap Summary
Leap 95%
The rule that doomed Steinway and saved P&G: abandon your core expertise before it traps you.
by Howard Yu 2018
3.60
173 ratings
📊 Corporate Strategy🌀 Knowledge Lifecycle💥 Creative Destruction🔄 Continuous Reinvention🤖 Ai Automation
Psychology
by Gillian Butler • 1998
What psychology actually knows about how you perceive, remember, think, feel, and influence others.
3.65
1k+
🎓 Introductory Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧬 Nature And Nurture🦎 Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology Summary
Psychology 95%
What psychology actually knows about how you perceive, remember, think, feel, and influence others.
by Gillian Butler 1998
3.65
1k+ ratings
🎓 Introductory Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧬 Nature And Nurture🦎 Evolutionary Psychology
Dealing with Darwin
by Geoffrey A. Moore • 2005
Growth and mature markets demand opposite innovation strategies. Few companies master both.
3.75
389
💡 Innovation Strategy🔄 Corporate Lifecycle🎯 Core Competencies💰 Resource Allocation⚡ Disruptive Innovation
Dealing with Darwin Summary
Dealing with Darwin 95%
Growth and mature markets demand opposite innovation strategies. Few companies master both.
by Geoffrey A. Moore 2005
3.75
389 ratings
💡 Innovation Strategy🔄 Corporate Lifecycle🎯 Core Competencies💰 Resource Allocation⚡ Disruptive Innovation
Managing Corporate Lifecycles
by Ichak Kalderon Adizes • 1998
Every company follows a lifecycle. Four roles, developed together, keep an organization at its peak.
4.27
250
🏢 Organizational Development📊 Management Theory🔄 Organizational Change🔗 Systems Thinking👤 Founder Transitions
Managing Corporate Lifecycles Summary
Managing Corporate Lifecycles 95%
Every company follows a lifecycle. Four roles, developed together, keep an organization at its peak.
by Ichak Kalderon Adizes 1998
4.27
250 ratings
🏢 Organizational Development📊 Management Theory🔄 Organizational Change🔗 Systems Thinking👤 Founder Transitions
Good Profit
by Charles G. Koch • 2015
Most profit relies on exploitation. Charles Koch built a $100 billion company by doing the opposite.
3.86
2k+
🏛️ Management Philosophy🧭 Organizational Culture🏪 Internal Markets🎯 Incentive Design💥 Creative Destruction
Good Profit Summary
Good Profit 95%
Most profit relies on exploitation. Charles Koch built a $100 billion company by doing the opposite.
by Charles G. Koch 2015
3.86
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Management Philosophy🧭 Organizational Culture🏪 Internal Markets🎯 Incentive Design💥 Creative Destruction
Loonshots
by Safi Bahcall • 2019
Growing companies kill their best ideas for a structural reason physics discovered a century ago.
4.00
9k+
🏗️ Organizational Design🏢 Corporate Innovation⚖️ Ambidextrous Organizations🎯 Incentive Design🔄 Systems Thinking
Loonshots Summary
Loonshots 95%
Growing companies kill their best ideas for a structural reason physics discovered a century ago.
by Safi Bahcall 2019
4.00
9k+ ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🏢 Corporate Innovation⚖️ Ambidextrous Organizations🎯 Incentive Design🔄 Systems Thinking
Humanocracy
by Gary Hamel • 2020
Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.
4.01
1k+
🧹 Bureaucracy Critique🔄 Self-Management🌐 Decentralized Orgs🚀 Intrapreneurship🧪 Business Experimentation
Humanocracy Summary
Humanocracy 95%
Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.
by Gary Hamel 2020
4.01
1k+ ratings
🧹 Bureaucracy Critique🔄 Self-Management🌐 Decentralized Orgs🚀 Intrapreneurship🧪 Business Experimentation
Gods of Management
by Charles B. Handy • 1986
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
3.78
144
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique🏢 Flat Organizations💼 Gig Economy
Gods of Management Summary
Gods of Management 95%
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
by Charles B. Handy 1986
3.78
144 ratings
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique🏢 Flat Organizations💼 Gig Economy
Winning Now, Winning Later
by David M. Cote • 2020
Most leaders pick quarterly wins or long-term bets. A Honeywell CEO's method for delivering both.
4.03
560
🔄 Corporate Turnarounds📖 Ceo Memoirs⏳ Short-Termism⚙️ Process Improvement🏢 Corporate Culture
Winning Now, Winning Later Summary
Winning Now, Winning Later 95%
Most leaders pick quarterly wins or long-term bets. A Honeywell CEO's method for delivering both.
by David M. Cote 2020
4.03
560 ratings
🔄 Corporate Turnarounds📖 Ceo Memoirs⏳ Short-Termism⚙️ Process Improvement🏢 Corporate Culture
The Stupidity Paradox
by Mats Alvesson • 2016
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
3.61
530
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture🐑 Groupthink🤔 Cognitive Bias
The Stupidity Paradox Summary
The Stupidity Paradox 95%
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
by Mats Alvesson 2016
3.61
530 ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture🐑 Groupthink🤔 Cognitive Bias
The Connected Company
by Dave Gray • 2012
When customers network faster than your hierarchy can respond, the answer is small autonomous teams.
4.11
617
🏗️ Organizational Design🛎️ Service Economy🕸️ Networked Business🎯 Customer-Centric Design🤝 Self-Managing Teams
The Connected Company Summary
The Connected Company 95%
When customers network faster than your hierarchy can respond, the answer is small autonomous teams.
by Dave Gray 2012
4.11
617 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🛎️ Service Economy🕸️ Networked Business🎯 Customer-Centric Design🤝 Self-Managing Teams
Paradigms
by Joel A. Barker • 1993
Your expertise can blind you: why outsiders see the next big shift while industry leaders miss it.
4.04
171
🏢 Organizational Change💡 Innovation Management🧠 Mental Models🔄 Paradigm Shifts🧩 Cognitive Biases
Paradigms Summary
Paradigms 95%
Your expertise can blind you: why outsiders see the next big shift while industry leaders miss it.
by Joel A. Barker 1993
4.04
171 ratings
🏢 Organizational Change💡 Innovation Management🧠 Mental Models🔄 Paradigm Shifts🧩 Cognitive Biases
The Firm
by Duff McDonald • 2013
The consulting firm that shaped American business from the inside, and what that secrecy bought.
3.75
3k+
🏢 Management Consulting📜 Corporate History🏛️ Organizational Culture⚡ Corporate Influence🕸️ Professional Networks
The Firm Summary
The Firm 95%
The consulting firm that shaped American business from the inside, and what that secrecy bought.
by Duff McDonald 2013
3.75
3k+ ratings
🏢 Management Consulting📜 Corporate History🏛️ Organizational Culture⚡ Corporate Influence🕸️ Professional Networks
The Open Organization
by Jim Whitehurst • 2015
What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.
4.09
682
🏢 Organizational Culture👐 Open Source Management🏆 Meritocracy💨 Fail Fast🎯 Purpose-Driven Orgs
The Open Organization Summary
The Open Organization 95%
What open source taught a CEO: ditch hierarchy, let the best ideas win, fail faster.
by Jim Whitehurst 2015
4.09
682 ratings
🏢 Organizational Culture👐 Open Source Management🏆 Meritocracy💨 Fail Fast🎯 Purpose-Driven Orgs
Centennials
by Alex Hill • 2023
Most companies die at fifteen. The century survivors follow twelve habits that break the pattern.
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44
🏛️ Organizational Longevity🧭 Long-Term Thinking🌱 Organizational Culture🌳 Talent Development🔍 Hiring Practices
Centennials Summary
Centennials 95%
Most companies die at fifteen. The century survivors follow twelve habits that break the pattern.
by Alex Hill 2023
3.95
44 ratings
🏛️ Organizational Longevity🧭 Long-Term Thinking🌱 Organizational Culture🌳 Talent Development🔍 Hiring Practices
Built to Last
by Jim Collins • 1994
Great companies aren't built on ideas or charisma. They're built on specific, repeatable habits.
4.06
85k+
🏗️ Company Building🏛️ Organizational Culture🎯 Mission-Driven Companies🔬 Corporate Experimentation👔 Leadership Succession
Built to Last Summary
Built to Last 95%
Great companies aren't built on ideas or charisma. They're built on specific, repeatable habits.
by Jim Collins 1994
4.06
85k+ ratings
🏗️ Company Building🏛️ Organizational Culture🎯 Mission-Driven Companies🔬 Corporate Experimentation👔 Leadership Succession
Giants of Enterprise
by Richard S. Tedlow • 2001
Seven titans built American business. The power they won then turned on them.
4.25
2k+
📜 Business History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏭 Industrial Innovation🛍️ Consumer Culture🏷️ Brand Building
Giants of Enterprise Summary
Giants of Enterprise 95%
Seven titans built American business. The power they won then turned on them.
by Richard S. Tedlow 2001
4.25
2k+ ratings
📜 Business History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏭 Industrial Innovation🛍️ Consumer Culture🏷️ Brand Building
The Ministry of Common Sense
by Martin Lindstrom • 2020
Bureaucracy killed common sense. The companies that fought back built a department to revive it.
3.63
456
🗄️ Corporate Bureaucracy👥 Customer-Centricity🛡️ Psychological Safety🕒 Meeting Culture⚠️ Organizational Dysfunction
The Ministry of Common Sense Summary
The Ministry of Common Sense 95%
Bureaucracy killed common sense. The companies that fought back built a department to revive it.
by Martin Lindstrom 2020
3.63
456 ratings
🗄️ Corporate Bureaucracy👥 Customer-Centricity🛡️ Psychological Safety🕒 Meeting Culture⚠️ Organizational Dysfunction
What You Do Is Who You Are
by Ben Horowitz • 2019
Your culture is what happens when the boss leaves the room. Here's how to design it.
4.00
8k+
🏢 Corporate Culture🚀 Founders🧠 Organizational Behavior🛡️ Psychological Safety🎨 Culture Design
What You Do Is Who You Are Summary
What You Do Is Who You Are 95%
Your culture is what happens when the boss leaves the room. Here's how to design it.
by Ben Horowitz 2019
4.00
8k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Culture🚀 Founders🧠 Organizational Behavior🛡️ Psychological Safety🎨 Culture Design
The Practice of Management
by Peter F. Drucker • 1954
Customers define a company's purpose, not profit. The principles that follow from that reversal.
4.25
2k+
🏗️ Organizational Design🎯 Goal Setting🧭 Decision Frameworks📜 Classical Management🤝 Humanistic Business
The Practice of Management Summary
The Practice of Management 95%
Customers define a company's purpose, not profit. The principles that follow from that reversal.
by Peter F. Drucker 1954
4.25
2k+ ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🎯 Goal Setting🧭 Decision Frameworks📜 Classical Management🤝 Humanistic Business
Reinvent Your Business Model
by Mark W. Johnson • 2018
New growth doesn't come from new products. It comes from new business models, systematically built.
3.98
108
🧱 Business Model Design🔧 Jobs-To-Be-Done🌐 Market Creation🏢 Corporate Innovation⚡ Incumbent Disruption
Reinvent Your Business Model Summary
Reinvent Your Business Model 95%
New growth doesn't come from new products. It comes from new business models, systematically built.
by Mark W. Johnson 2018
3.98
108 ratings
🧱 Business Model Design🔧 Jobs-To-Be-Done🌐 Market Creation🏢 Corporate Innovation⚡ Incumbent Disruption
Birth of the Chaordic Age
by Dee Hock • 2000
VISA thrived by breaking the one rule every corporation obeys: keep chaos out.
4.25
210
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Self-Organization🔗 Systems Thinking🌐 Distributed Leadership🎯 Purpose Driven
Birth of the Chaordic Age Summary
Birth of the Chaordic Age 94%
VISA thrived by breaking the one rule every corporation obeys: keep chaos out.
by Dee Hock 2000
4.25
210 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Self-Organization🔗 Systems Thinking🌐 Distributed Leadership🎯 Purpose Driven
Leading Successful Change
by Gregory P. Shea • 2020
Stop announcing change. Design an environment where the behaviors you need are the only option.
3.62
121
🔄 Organizational Change🏗️ Organizational Design🎯 Strategy Execution🧩 Systems Thinking🧠 Behavioral Science
Leading Successful Change Summary
Leading Successful Change 94%
Stop announcing change. Design an environment where the behaviors you need are the only option.
by Gregory P. Shea 2020
3.62
121 ratings
🔄 Organizational Change🏗️ Organizational Design🎯 Strategy Execution🧩 Systems Thinking🧠 Behavioral Science
Future of Management
by Gary Hamel • 1996
Product innovations get copied. Management innovations endure. Winners reinvent how work is done.
4.03
1k+
🏢 Organizational Design💡 Corporate Innovation🗳️ Democratic Workplaces🧠 Collective Intelligence🔬 Experimentation Culture
Future of Management Summary
Future of Management 94%
Product innovations get copied. Management innovations endure. Winners reinvent how work is done.
by Gary Hamel 1996
4.03
1k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Design💡 Corporate Innovation🗳️ Democratic Workplaces🧠 Collective Intelligence🔬 Experimentation Culture
Confronting Reality
by Larry Bossidy • 2004
Face the facts competitors ignore: the practice that separates survivors from the disrupted.
3.80
295
🏢 Corporate Leadership♟️ Business Strategy🔄 Organizational Change⚡ Industry Disruption🧩 Business Model Design
Confronting Reality Summary
Confronting Reality 94%
Face the facts competitors ignore: the practice that separates survivors from the disrupted.
by Larry Bossidy 2004
3.80
295 ratings
🏢 Corporate Leadership♟️ Business Strategy🔄 Organizational Change⚡ Industry Disruption🧩 Business Model Design
One from Many
by Dee Hock • 2000
Visa was built to run itself: no CEO, no headquarters, just competing banks and shared purpose.
4.14
373
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Self-Organizing Systems🧭 Shared Purpose🧠 Systems Thinking👥 Distributed Leadership
One from Many Summary
One from Many 94%
Visa was built to run itself: no CEO, no headquarters, just competing banks and shared purpose.
by Dee Hock 2000
4.14
373 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Self-Organizing Systems🧭 Shared Purpose🧠 Systems Thinking👥 Distributed Leadership
A New Way to Think
by Roger L. Martin • 2022
Eight pieces of management wisdom that hold you back, and what actually works instead.
4.02
580
🏢 Corporate Strategy🏗️ Organizational Design🌱 Organizational Culture🧠 Strategic Thinking🧪 Behavioral Economics
A New Way to Think Summary
A New Way to Think 94%
Eight pieces of management wisdom that hold you back, and what actually works instead.
by Roger L. Martin 2022
4.02
580 ratings
🏢 Corporate Strategy🏗️ Organizational Design🌱 Organizational Culture🧠 Strategic Thinking🧪 Behavioral Economics
The Unaccountability Machine
by Dan Davies • 2024
Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.
3.74
1k+
🏢 Corporate Governance🔄 Systems Thinking🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction💰 Shareholder Primacy📊 Financialization
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine 94%
Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.
by Dan Davies 2024
3.74
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Governance🔄 Systems Thinking🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction💰 Shareholder Primacy📊 Financialization
Good to Great
by Jim Collins • 2001
From 1,435 companies, 11 made the leap. The pattern was never charisma, technology, or luck.
4.12
299k+
🏗️ Organizational Transformation📊 Corporate Strategy🔬 Evidence-Based Management🎯 Strategic Focus🤲 Leadership Humility
Good to Great Summary
Good to Great 94%
From 1,435 companies, 11 made the leap. The pattern was never charisma, technology, or luck.
by Jim Collins 2001
4.12
299k+ ratings
🏗️ Organizational Transformation📊 Corporate Strategy🔬 Evidence-Based Management🎯 Strategic Focus🤲 Leadership Humility
Lead and Disrupt
by Charles A. O'Reilly • 2016
Why successful companies stumble: a leadership model for making today's targets and tomorrow's bets.
3.90
338
💡 Corporate Innovation🔄 Organizational Renewal⚖️ Explore Vs Exploit🏗️ Organizational Design🧭 Strategic Change
Lead and Disrupt Summary
Lead and Disrupt 94%
Why successful companies stumble: a leadership model for making today's targets and tomorrow's bets.
by Charles A. O'Reilly 2016
3.90
338 ratings
💡 Corporate Innovation🔄 Organizational Renewal⚖️ Explore Vs Exploit🏗️ Organizational Design🧭 Strategic Change
Escape Velocity
by Geoffrey A. Moore • 2011
Last year's operating plan is a gravity well. The five-part power framework for escaping it.
3.90
676
📊 Corporate Strategy💻 Technology Adoption📈 Portfolio Management🔄 Organizational Change💡 Innovation Strategy
Escape Velocity Summary
Escape Velocity 94%
Last year's operating plan is a gravity well. The five-part power framework for escaping it.
by Geoffrey A. Moore 2011
3.90
676 ratings
📊 Corporate Strategy💻 Technology Adoption📈 Portfolio Management🔄 Organizational Change💡 Innovation Strategy
The Elephant Catchers
by Subroto Bagchi • 2013
Growing companies must learn to hunt bigger game. A playbook for sales, brand, and leadership.
3.85
252
🏢 Organizational Scaling🇮🇳 Indian Business Insights📈 Sales Force Management🏗️ Brand Building⚡ Crisis Leadership
The Elephant Catchers Summary
The Elephant Catchers 94%
Growing companies must learn to hunt bigger game. A playbook for sales, brand, and leadership.
by Subroto Bagchi 2013
3.85
252 ratings
🏢 Organizational Scaling🇮🇳 Indian Business Insights📈 Sales Force Management🏗️ Brand Building⚡ Crisis Leadership
The Lords of Strategy
by Walter Kiechel III • 2009
Before the 1960s, strategy didn't exist. The secret story of four outsiders who invented it.
3.94
3k+
🏢 Management Consulting♟️ Corporate Strategy📜 Business History💰 Shareholder Capitalism🎓 Business Education
The Lords of Strategy Summary
The Lords of Strategy 94%
Before the 1960s, strategy didn't exist. The secret story of four outsiders who invented it.
by Walter Kiechel III 2009
3.94
3k+ ratings
🏢 Management Consulting♟️ Corporate Strategy📜 Business History💰 Shareholder Capitalism🎓 Business Education
The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time
by Fortune Magazine • 2012
From Boeing's jet bet to Intel's chip campaign: how a handful of decisions reshaped business.
3.87
605
🏛️ Business History📋 Corporate Case Studies🏢 Company Culture💗 Customer Obsession🧨 Contrarian Strategy
The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time Summary
The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time 94%
From Boeing's jet bet to Intel's chip campaign: how a handful of decisions reshaped business.
by Fortune Magazine 2012
3.87
605 ratings
🏛️ Business History📋 Corporate Case Studies🏢 Company Culture💗 Customer Obsession🧨 Contrarian Strategy
The Starfish and the Spider
by Ori Brafman • 2006
Some organizations have no headquarters, no boss, and no kill switch. They are taking over.
3.83
6k+
🏗️ Organizational Design🌐 Decentralized Systems👥 Distributed Leadership🔗 Network Effects🦾 Organizational Resilience
The Starfish and the Spider Summary
The Starfish and the Spider 94%
Some organizations have no headquarters, no boss, and no kill switch. They are taking over.
by Ori Brafman 2006
3.83
6k+ ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🌐 Decentralized Systems👥 Distributed Leadership🔗 Network Effects🦾 Organizational Resilience
Power Failure
by William D. Cohan • 2022
The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.
4.28
2k+
🏢 Corporate History💰 Financial Engineering📖 Business Biography📊 Earnings Management📉 Organizational Decline
Power Failure Summary
Power Failure 94%
The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.
by William D. Cohan 2022
4.28
2k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate History💰 Financial Engineering📖 Business Biography📊 Earnings Management📉 Organizational Decline
Management Challenges for the 21st Century
by Peter F. Drucker • 2009
Management's old rules are dead. Falling birthrates, knowledge as capital, self-management.
4.07
876
🏛️ Management Paradigms🔮 Strategic Foresight🌊 Change Leadership🧠 Knowledge Management🧘 Self-Management
Management Challenges for the 21st Century Summary
Management Challenges for the 21st Century 94%
Management's old rules are dead. Falling birthrates, knowledge as capital, self-management.
by Peter F. Drucker 2009
4.07
876 ratings
🏛️ Management Paradigms🔮 Strategic Foresight🌊 Change Leadership🧠 Knowledge Management🧘 Self-Management
Reinventing Organizations
by Frederic Laloux • 2016
Organizations evolve like consciousness; the next stage replaces bosses with trust and purpose.
4.35
1k+
🏗️ Organizational Design🌱 Workplace Culture🤝 Self-Management🕸️ Distributed Leadership🧠 Conscious Business
Reinventing Organizations Summary
Reinventing Organizations 94%
Organizations evolve like consciousness; the next stage replaces bosses with trust and purpose.
by Frederic Laloux 2016
4.35
1k+ ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🌱 Workplace Culture🤝 Self-Management🕸️ Distributed Leadership🧠 Conscious Business
Imagine It Forward
by Beth Comstock • 2018
Big companies kill new ideas. A GE insider's method for keeping innovation alive anyway.
3.79
831
🏢 Corporate Innovation🔄 Change Leadership💻 Digital Transformation🔬 Lean Methodology🚀 Intrapreneurship
Imagine It Forward Summary
Imagine It Forward 94%
Big companies kill new ideas. A GE insider's method for keeping innovation alive anyway.
by Beth Comstock 2018
3.79
831 ratings
🏢 Corporate Innovation🔄 Change Leadership💻 Digital Transformation🔬 Lean Methodology🚀 Intrapreneurship
The Road to Reinvention
by Josh Linkner • 2014
A playbook for reinventing your business and your career before the market forces your hand.
3.72
134
🏭 Corporate Reinvention🔄 Continuous Innovation👤 Customer Experience📖 Brand Storytelling🌱 Innovation Culture
The Road to Reinvention Summary
The Road to Reinvention 94%
A playbook for reinventing your business and your career before the market forces your hand.
by Josh Linkner 2014
3.72
134 ratings
🏭 Corporate Reinvention🔄 Continuous Innovation👤 Customer Experience📖 Brand Storytelling🌱 Innovation Culture
The Strategist
by Cynthia A. Montgomery • 2012
Ask what the world loses if your company disappears; the answer is your strategy.
3.86
1k+
🏢 Corporate Strategy🧭 Strategic Leadership💡 Business Purpose⛓️ Organizational Alignment🔄 Strategic Reinvention
The Strategist Summary
The Strategist 94%
Ask what the world loses if your company disappears; the answer is your strategy.
by Cynthia A. Montgomery 2012
3.86
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Strategy🧭 Strategic Leadership💡 Business Purpose⛓️ Organizational Alignment🔄 Strategic Reinvention
The Amazon Management System
by Ram Charan • 2019
The practices, from hiring to metrics, that keep Amazon sprinting while other giants slow.
4.04
399
🎯 Customer Centricity👥 Talent And Hiring📊 Data Driven Management💡 Innovation Processes⚙️ Operational Excellence
The Amazon Management System Summary
The Amazon Management System 94%
The practices, from hiring to metrics, that keep Amazon sprinting while other giants slow.
by Ram Charan 2019
4.04
399 ratings
🎯 Customer Centricity👥 Talent And Hiring📊 Data Driven Management💡 Innovation Processes⚙️ Operational Excellence
Reinventing Organizations
by Frederic Laloux • 2014
Organizations mirror consciousness. The next stage trades bosses for trust and plans for purpose.
4.21
6k+
🏢 Organizational Design🤝 Self-Management🧠 Integral Theory🔄 Change Management🌀 Systems Thinking
Reinventing Organizations Summary
Reinventing Organizations 94%
Organizations mirror consciousness. The next stage trades bosses for trust and plans for purpose.
by Frederic Laloux 2014
4.21
6k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Design🤝 Self-Management🧠 Integral Theory🔄 Change Management🌀 Systems Thinking
American Turnaround
by Edward E. Whitacre • 2013
Bankrupt GM returned to profit in months. The same risk-taking that landed AT&T the iPhone.
3.86
234
🏭 Corporate Turnarounds🏗️ Organizational Restructuring🚨 Crisis Leadership🤝 Hands-On Leadership🌱 Culture Change
American Turnaround Summary
American Turnaround 94%
Bankrupt GM returned to profit in months. The same risk-taking that landed AT&T the iPhone.
by Edward E. Whitacre 2013
3.86
234 ratings
🏭 Corporate Turnarounds🏗️ Organizational Restructuring🚨 Crisis Leadership🤝 Hands-On Leadership🌱 Culture Change
Losing the Signal
by Jacquie McNish • 2015
BlackBerry owned the smartphone. Then two CEOs, a buggy Storm, and the iPhone took everything.
3.98
5k+
🏭 Tech Industry📖 Company Sagas⚠️ Innovator's Dilemma💥 Leadership Failures📉 Corporate Decline
Losing the Signal Summary
Losing the Signal 94%
BlackBerry owned the smartphone. Then two CEOs, a buggy Storm, and the iPhone took everything.
by Jacquie McNish 2015
3.98
5k+ ratings
🏭 Tech Industry📖 Company Sagas⚠️ Innovator's Dilemma💥 Leadership Failures📉 Corporate Decline
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