Total Competition
Lessons in Strategy from Formula One

I'm not really sure what book Parr set out to write here. Brawn is interesting enough to carry the book, but this could have been so much better. Parr talks too much and could have improved the editing. Characters are mentioned just once without any background, there's several occasions where I had......more

If you are an F1 fanatic, you inevitably fall in one of two camps: you’re either a Brawn / Byrne fan or you are an Adrian Newey fan. I don’t know too many who really love both. I’m a Brawn / Byrne fan, to the extent that I actually no longer admire Newey as much as I once did. My problem with Newey is......more

It's actually multiple interviews between Brawn and Parr, resulting in an excellent read, especially for motorsport enthousiasts. The Art of War is a recurring theme, which doesn't work that well; the search for strategy for its own sake is a bit of a pity. Also, Parr tests his own thinkings as much......more

This author is bad, very bad. He was pushing his agenda so hard with every interview question. There's literally a point of the book when Parr says a long thing, Brawn says "yes", and that exchange repeats about 4 times. Unacceptable for an interviewer. This is only saved from getting a sole star by......more

More interesting as a kind of insider's account of recent F1 history than as a book about organisational strategy. It might simply be that while the authors have had senior roles in organisations with hundreds of employees, I, um, head up a team of five people, but I do have my doubts about whether '......more