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Fascinating account of the naughtiness scientists get up to, all in the name of advancement.
Didn't provide any significant new perspectives, and should have been edited down to two-thirds the length. Useful as a primer to the uninitiated - but others can skip it.
Interesting and concise story of how Fred Smith overcame the odds and disrupted the package delivery industry to create FedEx. Don't expect much detailed insight into the systems they set up to make it ‘work', but the book does have quite a strong corporate financing slant due to the role at FedEx of the author Frock.
Sadly this is possibly the most boring book I have ever tried to read - gave up after 100 pages.
Has its heart in the right place and contains a lot of good content, but is extremely waffly and badly in need of a brutal edit.
Practical and applicable guide to the importance of Enterprise Architecture and how to implement it in your organisation. Essential reading for anyone involved in rolling out a centralised programme of IT platform improvements.
Very readable account of Gerstner's turnaround of the faltering IBM...some interesting insights as to how he did it, but there's little here that's truly eye-opening or game-changing.
Comprehensively covers every aspect, from the contract negotiations to the development of the script to the special effects to music, full of interviews with the cast, crew and Lucas. Inspirational.
Inspiring fiction about Alex Rogo, the protagonist of Goldratt's excellent ‘The Goal', and his quest to turnaround three struggling businesses in the space of a few short months. Introduces readers to ‘Decision Trees', a means of getting to the crux of a problem to come up with a solution that might have ortherwise remained obscured. The reading around the Trees gets a bit wearisome at times, and I wasn't convinced of the their utility, but that aside, it's an inspiring business story that will give you lots of ideas of how to run a business and generate innovative strategies
Lean production is the method that Toyota and other Japanese car companies used to knock American car makers (and their mass production methodology) off the maufacturing top spot. As an overall business story, it's good, but there's too much arcane detail in here for my liking, which detracts from the book's clarity of message and interest.
An impressive feat of research, but the storytelling leaves something to be desired...
Like a pleasant and yet educational fireside chat with Sir Richard. Gives some nice insights into key events in Virgin's history, the man's modus operandi and - as an extension of that - the culture that he has built at Virgin. There are no real revelations and no particularly in-depth insights but, as a quick and easy ‘business stories'-type read, it's good.
Stuck it out to p175 but got so bored by the posh twaddle and pretense that I couldn't go on.
Depsite the rave reviews, this book has aged quite a bit - although I'm sure it must have been groundbreaking at the time of its original publication.
Good read about the Apollo astronauts and how their lives changed after their lunar visits
About a group of geeks working in Silicon Valley in the 90's. I remember reading an excerpt in Wired Magazine back when it was first released (18 years ago?!) and thinking the writing was amazing. My older self wasn't quite so blown away, but it's definitely an entertaining read, with the usual strong Coupland characterisation and dialogue.
An informative read on the history of risk...I liked the history lesson leading up to the mid 20th-century, but thereafter it becomes completely focused on the world of securities, derivatives etc, and the book loses its way slightly.
About disruptive products and why it is that they always usurp the incumbents. Some great detailed case studies really help get the message across. My only criticism is that Christensen's writing style is long-winded and repetitive. Despite that, well worth the read.