How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Th..., Neil Smith
How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Th..., Neil Smith
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How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things
Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers that Plague Even the Best Businesses

Author: Neil Smith, Patricia O'Connor

Narrator: Dave Courvoisier

Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/11/2012

Synopsis

Companies make headline news all the time for decisions that make many of us scratch our heads in wonder, even companies that are smart and successful. Here, Neil Smith, with more than 20 years of experience leading large-scale performance improvements, reveals the hidden barriers that cause excellent companies to do dumb things, and smart people within companies to act in dumb ways.
 
Drawing on his experience working with and helping transform top global businesses, Smith has identified 8 barriers that prevent organizations from achieving and maintaining sustainable success. Rich with anecdotes and case studies, Smith outlines a fast and proven process in which 12 principles of business transformation can break down the barriers holding companies back. What Smith offers his readers is the same thing he offers every day to the major companies he works with, a promise that by following his insights, the company will be able to increase communication, simplicity, and profit to levels never before attainable.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben

I find it would be a helpful premise and guide to businesses. I believe it is lacking in exactly the greatest details to deliver, and like any sales-pitch book, its overly preachy and "my way is perfect"; when nothign is, and most likely not even fantastic. The fact that he goes to an elaborate way......more

Goodreads review by Eric

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Neil Smith's book, How Excellent Companies Avoid Dumb Things: Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers that Plague Even the Best Businesses, is a tricky book. Why? Because the author is a consultant who works with companies in performance improvement......more

Goodreads review by Rob

As usual I received this book for free in exchange for a review. This time it was from LibraryThing but I will give my scrupulously honest review below. The nutshell view of this book is pretty simple. It outlines 8 ways that companies screw up and cost themselves money. Each of the sections is laid......more

Goodreads review by Shelly

If you are reading this review there is every chance in the world that you have, either at home or at work, shelves stocked with books that cover every aspect of management; how to do it, how to do it correctly, cost effectiveness, supervising personnel, and the list goes on. Every bookstore has a......more

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