Breaking Bad Habits
Defy Industry Norms and Reinvigorate Your Business

Provides a good insight into what "bad habits" businesses develop and how to avoid those traps - it provided some real good reasons and approach for restructuring the business and also on balancing exploration with exploitation in terms of innovative ideas and revenue generation - a balance that man......more

Have you ever wondered why most newspapers are so large? Or why management consultants work such long hours? Or why hotels still insist on having check-in desks? Ask anyone in these industries, and their answer will be the same: "That's the way we've always done it." "Best practices" may be widesprea......more

Go with the flow, follow the crowd, its how we do things around here, industry best practices ... all mantras one hears on a regular basis. The authors debunk all these and show how for many, the industry best practices are actually bad practices rather than good ones. Innovation, the willingness to c......more

Great book -- crisp, witty writing and lots of insights about how to rethink your business. There aren't too many business school professors who can write this engagingly. Vermeulen has a knack for using fun stories to convey insights from rigorous research.......more