The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy
Classic Concepts and New Perspectives

The +: - A good read. - Nice language. - Clear ideas. The -: - Most consultants write as if idiots would read them. This leads them to produce bland, oversimplified texts that I probably would have appreciated earlier. Way earlier. Maybe in kindergarten. - This would have read nice in a blog. But then aga......more

I was expecting a lot from this book, and was rather disappointed given those high expectations. Not a bad read by any means, but also a lot of rehashed older content and/or management fad material simply rebound in one book. If you've never been exposed to any of it before, it's probably more valua......more

Mostly traditional MBA strategy topics with some great golden nuggets on intuition, analysis (conclusions vs decisions), systems application, and values in strategic vision, “to not only execute, but to think.” The objective of strategic vision is to “change the way we see things and not the things......more

Great overview of strategy thought progression from the 1960s forward. Looking back on many articles contained in this collection, I was impressed with the prescience these thinkers displayed. Highly recommended.......more

Wise executives capitalize on anomalies. They dig into them and look for ways to exploit them, asking: What’s really going on? How can we learn from this? Define the problem and do the first analysis lightly Cost of value added declines approximately 20 to 30 percent each time accumulated experience i......more