Home » organizational development

organizational development

  • The must-read summary of Larry Downes and Chunka Mui's book: "Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance".This complete summary of the ideas from Larry Downes and Chunka Mui's book "Unleashing the Killer App" shows that killer apps are compelling new commercial products and services that are created when new technologies, products and services combine in radical ways. They...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Les McKeown's book: "Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track - and Keeping It There".This complete summary of the ideas from Les McKeown's book "Predictable Success" shows that every business goes through regular and periodic stages of growth and decline. This pattern of organisational development has traditionally been termed the "Lifecycle of a Business"...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Michael Corbett's book: "The Outsourcing Revolution: Why It Makes Sense and How to Do It Right".This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Corbett's book "The Outsourcing Revolution" deals with a highly controversial topic. Outsourcing tends to get blamed whenever jobs move from one country to another. However, outsourcing is currently a $6 trillion global industry,...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Michael Gerber's book: "The E-Myth Manager: Why Management Doesn't Work - And What to Do about It".This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Gerber's book "The E-Myth Manager" explains the concept of the entrepreneurial myth, which states that because someone knows how to do the technical work of a business, they also tend to assume...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Peter Killing, Thomas Malnight and Tracey Keys' book: "Must-Win Battles: How to Win Them, Again and Again".This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Killing, Thomas Malnight and Tracey Keys' book "Must-Win Battles" shows that there are three to five key battles that your company must win in the marketplace in order to achieve your revenue...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Rhonda M. Abrams' book: "The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies".This complete summary of the ideas from Rhonda M. Abrams' book "The Successful Business Plan" shows how a business plan is designed to be a road map for a company. A well-written and professional business plan articulates a company’s goals and acts as a guide for...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Richard Koch's book: "The 80/20 Individual: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less - the Nine Essentials of 80/20 Success at Work".This complete summary of the ideas from Richard Koch's book "The 80/20 Individual" shows that none of us are productive all the time: the 80/20 principle states that 80% of the results we achieve come...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Roy Spence and Haley Rushing's book: "It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose". This complete summary of the ideas from Roy Spence and Haley Rushing's book "It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Stand For" shows that high-performing companies are not always the ones...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead and Andrew Campbell's book: "Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it from Happening to You".This complete summary of the ideas from Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead and Andrew Campbell's book "Think Again" shows that even smart and highly experienced leaders can sometimes make appallingly bad decisions which...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Terry Bacon and David Pugh's book: "Winning Behavior: What the Smartest, Most Successful Companies Do Differently".This complete summary of the ideas from Terry Bacon and David Pugh's book "Winning Behavior" shows that winning companies treat their customers better than anyone else. In this way, they earn what can be termed as “behavioural differentiation”. In their book,...
    Read more

  • The must-read summary of Tom Peters' book: "Re-Imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age".This complete summary of the ideas from Tom Peters' book "Re-Imagine!" shows that in order to take advantage of all that the changing world offers, you must be willing to reinvent and update your business model. In his book, the author explains that this level of reinvention...
    Read more