Business Books
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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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Book Review and Summary: How Life imitates Chess
By Gary Kasparov Kasparov became the youngest Chess champion at 22. Today after quitting Chess, he is a politician. He presents what he calls the lessons he has learnt from the world’s ‘greatest game’. Chess is ideal for decision making as it involves quick decisions amid pressure from your opponent. It requires calculation, creativity and Read more
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Book Review and Summary: Microtrends
While Alivin Toffler’s Future Shock and John Nasbitt’s Megatrends made predictions about the coming of the information age, the global economy and other sweeping changes that would change the world as we know it, the author of this book attempts to identify smaller more subtle changes that are extremely important but may skip the naked Read more
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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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