Business Books
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Book Review: Web 2.0 : A Strategy Guide
I guess it would be unfair ton critique a book on Web2.0 written in early 2007. However, it is an interesting exercise on looking at some predictions, some assumptions and some ideas just to figure out where they were right and where they failed. In all fairness to this book by Amy Shuen, it tries Read more
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Book Review: Blue Ocean Strategy
This classic by Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne is one of the best business books of our time. The authors classify Corporate competition into two segments, Red Ocean where firms compete for market share and Blue Oceans where one firm grabs the helm and makes the rest of the completion irrelevant. Kindle Audible Hardcover The Read more
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Book Review: Innovate like Edison
Sometimes, the best nuggets are found hidden in the bargain rack of your local Borders bookstore. That was exactly where I found this book, that for some reason, seems to have slipped the bestseller radar. From the bestselling author Michael Gelb who produced ‘How To Innovate like Leonardo Da Vinci’ comes this hidden jewel. While Read more
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Book Review: Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres
In Blink, Gladwell presented a view that in order to make an effective decision an expert’s decision is far better than market studies and statistical analysis. Supercrunchers by Ian Ayres is the perfect antithesis to this view. Ayres opens Supercrunchers with two anecdotes, one where an expert statistician outperforms wine tasting gurus as to the Read more
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Book Review: The Tipping Point
Riveting’ is not a word usually used by a reviewer to describe non-fiction. However, it precisely describes how I feel about Malcolm Gladwell’s Tipping point. Brilliant anecdotes and food for thought make this book a lucid read. I know this book was out in 2002 but it slipped my radar until very recently. What causes Read more
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Book Review:Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Do not crowd the issue with facts. Nine out of ten statistics are wrong.(Including this one.) We could go on and on. Can we make the best judgement calls when we have too much information? Not according to Malcolm Gladwell, the author of blink. Author: Malcolm Gldawell Kindle Audiobook Paperback In ‘Tipping Point’ Gladwell presented Read more
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