Strategy

  • The must-read summary of Chris Zook's book: "Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Future Growth".This complete summary of the ideas from Chris Zook's book "Unstoppable" shows that, sooner or later, every company tends to reach a point at which its historical rate of growth flattens out. When you reach this junction, you have to decide whether...
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  • The must-read summary of Cindy Alvarez's book: "Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy".This complete summary of the ideas from Cindy Alvarez's book "Lean Customer Development" demonstrates how traditional companies develop a new product and then look for ways to market it. According to Alvarez, a better approach is ‘Lean Customer Development’, which identifies a customer need and...
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  • The must-read summary of Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor's book: "The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth".This complete summary of the ideas from Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor's book "The Innovator's Solution" shows how capital markets demand that all companies should grow by commercialising innovations. The companies who are successful in doing this are rewarded spectacularly, however only one...
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  • The must-read summary of Clayton Christensen, Scott Anthony and Erik Roth's book: "Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change".This complete summary of the ideas from Clayton Christensen, Scott Anthony and Erik Roth's book "Seeing What's Next" shows that successful businessmen, investors and entrepreneurs all share one trait: they have the ability to predict industry change...
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  • The must-read summary of Constantinos Markides and Paul Geroski's book: "Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets".This complete summary of the ideas from Constantinos Markides and Paul Geroski's book "Fast Second" demonstrates that the firms which develop and pioneer radical innovations are rarely the ones that ultimately end up dominating the markets they...
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  • The must-read summary of Craig Stull, Phil Meyers and David Meerman Scott's book: "Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities that Lead to Business Breakthroughs".This complete summary of the ideas from Craig Stull, Phil Meyers and David Meerman Scott's book "Tuned In" shows that there's no use developing new products in isolation and hoping they will sell. A better idea is...
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  • The must-read summary of Curtis Carlson and William Wilmot's book: "Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want". This complete summary of the ideas from Curtis Carlson and William Wilmot's book "Innovation" shows that the starting point for innovation is not a new idea, but the answer to three fundamental questions on your customer and what you are offering....
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  • The must-read summary of Cynthia Rabe's book: "The Innovation Killer: How What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine - And What Smart Companies Are Doing About It”.This complete summary of the ideas from Cynthia Rabe's book "The Innovation Killer" shows that thinking innovatively is a challenge for many organisations because it requires a rather delicate balancing act. On the...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan Roam's book: "The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures".This complete summary of the ideas from Dan Roam's book "The Back of the Napkin" shows that visual thinking is a whole new way of looking at and discussing business. It is harnessing and applying our innate ability to use our eyes...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan S. Kennedy's book: "How to Succeed in Business by Breaking all the Rules: A Plan for Entrepreneurs".This complete summary of the ideas from Dan S. Kennedy's book "How to Succeed in Business by Breaking all the Rules" points out that most business books give “rules for success”. However, the research suggests that in fact, people...
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  • The must-read summary of Daniel Burrus and John David Mann's book: "Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible".This complete summary of the ideas from Daniel Burrus and John David Mann's book "Flash Foresight" explains how a flash foresight is a "blinding flash of the future obvious". It is the ability to intuitively grasp what will unfold...
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  • The must-read summary of Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston's book: "Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage".This complete summary of the ideas from Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston's book "Green to Gold" shows how the environment is no longer a fringe interest - it has now moved to center stage...
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  • The must-read summary of Daniel F. Spulber's book: "The Market Makers: How Leading Companies Create and Win Markets".This complete summary of the ideas from Daniel F. Spulber's book "The Market Makers" highlights an important question: "How do leading companies create markets for themselves?" In his book, the author explains that market makers create and manage consumer markets for goods and...
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  • The must-read summary of Daniel Nissanoff's book: "Futureshop: How the New Auction Culture Will Revolutionize the Way We Buy, Sell and Get the Things We Really Want".This complete summary of the ideas from Daniel Nissanoff's book "Futureshop" presents a ground-breaking observation on the way our society is changing its 'accumulation' mindset and becoming an 'auction culture'. According to the author,...
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  • The must-read summary of Danny Miller and Isabelle Le-Breton-Miller's book: "Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses".This complete summary of the ideas from Danny Miller and Isabelle Le-Breton-Miller's book "Managing for the Long Run" shows how in every systematic study, Family Controlled Businesses (FCBs) have been shown to outperform public companies in terms of...
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  • The must-read summary of Darby Checketts' book: "Leverage: How to Create Your Own "Tipping Points" in Business and in Life".This complete summary of the ideas from Darby Checketts' book "Leverage" proposes an intriguing and ultimately convincing argument: at the focal point of every problem there is always a lever. If you identify that lever correctly and then apply it intelligently,...
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