Escape Velocity
Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of the Past

This book is another mixed bag. Some parts are worth a five star rating. But the book as a whole isn't put together well. First, it's very formal and technical in it's writing style--like a business school PhD paper. I say PhD because it's got real depth and insight, but also because he seemed to lo......more

Some good points but very enterprisey kind of book. Useful in organisations with many layers of managers.......more

Not as groundbreaking as Crossing the Chasm, but generally useful read. Companies have a structural bias for investing in things today that cause it to starve out the new products and services that will generate growth in the next 2 -3 years. Hierarchy of powers: Category Power – the demand for a clas......more

It feels too vague except some realistic examples, but the end it doesn’t feel you’d understand what’s needed to escape the velocity......more

It provides a series of frameworks for big companies to continue investing in linear and non-linear growth and innovation projects. It focuses on companies having outside-in focus vs many established companies who tend to start solving problems for themselves after a period of time.......more