Business Books
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Book Review and Summary: The First 90 days
Author: Michael WatkinsHarvard Business School PressWe have been told that we will be change agents when we return to industry. Now, how do we fit into our new found positions of responsibility? ‘Build sponsorship from the top and trust at the bottom.’ , said Ralph Katz in the first month of the SDM program. That Read more
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Book Review: Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation
This book was a required reading for Prof. Utterback’s ‘Disruptive Technologies Class. Written in lucid form, this book is informative and highly readable. The figure shows the Dynamics of Industry Innovation as layed out by Utterback and Abernathy. Most product innovation happens in the early years for a product class or industry. This fluid phase Read more
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Book Review: The Innovator’s Dilemma
Yes I read this one at least for third time. ( I wanted to put ideas I learnt in perspective.) idea of Disruptive Technology has been beaten to death so much that I had to find out if I actually understood it.( Here is a very interesting take on Christensen’s ideas.) Christensen has received a Read more
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Book Review and Summary: Inside the Tornado
Crossing the Chasm was just the beginning. We must now find our way through the rest of the technology adoption curve. The first challenge we face when we go beyond the Chasm is the Bowling Alley. In the bowling alley, you have a proven product and thus you are ‘for real’. However, you are yet Read more
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Book Review: Count your Chickens Before they Hatch
The Self Help/Business motivation market in the United States is a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Motivational gurus like Tony Robins, Stephen Covey, Dennis Waitley, and several others have marked their territory in this vast but ever-growing arena. It was only a matter of time before someone tapped into the growing young, ambitious professional population of our Read more
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