Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062120999 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book isclassic Collins: contrarian, data-driven and uplifting.. Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive inuncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins andhis colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly greatenterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous and fast-moving times
Will you choose greatness? Owen Jackson In Collins' new book he relies on the method you've seen in previous books like Built to Last and Good to Great. What's different in this one is he selected companies not just on their status or explosive growth, but because they succeeded in an extreme and uncertain environment. However, there's a caveat here: his research stopped in 2002, meaning there's no thorough analysis of how companies performed in the last 10 years (aka one of the most uncertain and chaotic business climates in decades). Collins and Hansen believe the future will be unstable and environments will be extreme for the re. I learn something new every time I return to this book A couple of years ago, I picked up Jim Collins and Morten Hansen’s book Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, And Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All to check a few facts. Two hours later, I was still reading. Recently, that happened again.I realized that I never reviewed Great by Choice for my website, so I picked it up and, just like the last time, found myself still reading a couple of hours later. I think Great by Choice is, Jim Collins’ best book. The partnership with Morten Hansen makes the reasoning tighter and the research a bit broader than in Collins’ other. A Gift to All Business Owners From Professors Collins and Hansen. Spencer Aronfeld Jim Collins latest installment is a gift to business owners and it does not disappoint. It takes a look at companies by comparing those who succeed and those who don't in difficult times. It would be easy to assign a company's success to luck or risk taking. But Professor Collins joined by Morten Hansen dispell most myths and replace them with good old fashioned discpline and persistence.I have owned and operated my own Florida law firm for 20 years. I have written extensively on the the difficulties of solo practice in my book []. In fact, I recommend Mr. Collins earlier work, Good to Great:
When I sheepishly shared this wastebasket strategy with the great management writer Peter Drucker, he made me feel much better when he exclaimed, “Ah, that is immense progress!”The final months of completing Great by Choice required seven days a week effort, with numerous all-nighters. Alas, the cave of darkness is the only path to producing the best work; there is no easy path, no shorter path, no path of less suffering. If I try to edit in the morning, I’m too creative, and if I try to create in the evening, I’m too critical. We love this book, and have great passion about sharing it with the world—making all the sufferin