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Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
- The Difference and Why It Matters
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world.
Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to - and approach for - overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by harnessing and applying power where it will have the greatest effect. Yet, Rumelt shows that there has been a growing and unfortunate tendency to equate Mom-and-apple-pie values, fluffy packages of buzzwords, motivational slogans, and financial goals with “strategy”.
In Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, he debunks these elements of “bad strategy” and awakens an understanding of the power of a “good strategy”. He introduces nine sources of power - ranging from using leverage to effectively focusing on growth - that are eye-opening yet pragmatic tools that can easily be put to work on Monday morning and uses fascinating examples from business, nonprofit, and military affairs to bring its original and pragmatic ideas to life. The detailed examples range from Apple to General Motors, from the two Iraq wars to Afghanistan, from a small local market to Wal-Mart, from Nvidia to Silicon Graphics, from the Getty Trust to the Los Angeles Unified School District, from Cisco Systems to Paccar, and from Global Crossing to the 2007-08 financial crisis.
Reflecting an astonishing grasp and integration of economics, finance, technology, history, and the brilliance and foibles of the human character, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy stems from Rumelt’s decades of digging beyond the superficial to address hard questions with honesty and integrity.
What the critics say
"Represents the latest thinking in strategy and is peppered with many current real world examples. Good Strategy/Bad Strategy has much to offer and has every chance of becoming a business classic.” (Management Today)
“Brilliant...a milestone in both the theory and practice of strategy... Vivid examples from the contemporary business world and global history that clearly show how to recognize the good, reject the bad, and make good strategy a living force in your organization.” (John Stopford, chairman, TLP International, professor emeritus, London Business School)
“Penetrating insights provide new and powerful ways for leaders to tackle the obstacles they face. The concepts of "the kernel" and "the proximate objective" are blockbusters. This is the new must-have book for everyone who leads an organization in business, government, or in-between.” (Robert A. Eckert, chairman and CEO of Mattel)
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- smaclell
- 2022-03-15
This is already one of my favourite business books
Do you like thinking deeply? Challenging your assumptions or improving your judgement? Then this is the perfect book.
Filled with examples and case studies, the author methodically breaks down good and bad strategy. Some examples made me laugh out loud. A bank is a bank! Each example helps clarify and elaborate the underlying concepts.
The different chapters complement each other very well. Early chapters introduce key ideas that are expanded upon later. When the book returns to these topics they already make sense. The author continues to refine these earlier concepts even deeper. Each new idea strengthens the whole.
What could have been better? The final few chapters did not connect as well with the rest of the book. There were a few slower sections. Some simpler ideas may have had too many examples making them feel a little bogged down. This did not bother me much since the examples are interesting and enjoyable.
I would highly recommend this book to any leader or strategic thinker.
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- Travis
- 2023-11-28
Strategy formulation finally explained!
This is the single best strategy book I've ever read, and I've read a lot! This book actually outlines in a clear way how to formulate a good business strategy, and how to avoid creating a bad one.. brilliant writing and deep thinking by the author, a strategy master, sharing his secret sauce to strategy. A must read.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-10-04
Actual Strategy
This book is exceptionally well Narrated. just the right flair to take what might be dry and instead bring it to life. feeding off the personality of the writer. so many amazing examples, even now after 4 times through and years of implementation, this book just keeps exposing hidden gems and ideas in my mind and business decisions. Worth 10x the price!
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- Brian
- 2020-03-04
Very educational.
Must read for anyone who wants to know more about strategy. Also last chapter will provide great insight into our market crashes and the failed strategies.
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- G. London
- 2020-01-04
Good but thin
The core idea is wise, but it’s pretty simple and takes 15 minutes to explain. The rest of the book is a bunch of examples and anecdotes that are interesting but don’t meaningfully expand the core thesis.
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- MyPenName
- 2020-10-28
Out of date?
I think this book might be out of date. Used Wells Fargo as an example of good strategy...hmmm
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- Hossam Sadik
- 2021-06-06
Good book/Bad book: Difference and why it matters!
Good book/Bad book: The difference and why it matters!!!
About 1/3 of this book is brilliant content. Very clear and genuine thoughts, concise advice and implementable framework that are backed with studies, experience and extensive consulting work.
The rest 2/3 of the book are nothing but filler. Long pages of unrelated stories from Galileo Galilei, American steel companies, and the 2008 financial market crash. Each story goes in a very extended non-relevant history of everything and concludes with 1 or 2 lines that seemingly strategy-related. I personally believe that all these stories have nothing but the writer in common, he may have read the book or met the CEO over lunch!
I wish business writers start to pay some respect to their readers more than they do to their publishers. Your book's worth is not by the number of pages, only the relevance and ideas ingenuity.
Disappointed, this was a book that easily deserved 5 stars, only if it was literally half the size!
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- Carlos R. R. Silveira
- 2020-06-03
Very good but I was expecting more
I hoped it compared to Drucker's Effective Executive, but unfortunatelly it didn't. The book has very good parts, but others are good, but don't fit perfectly with the overall subject of strategy, e.g. the last chapter about real state bubbles.
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- C.A. Gray
- 2023-03-04
Not much there if just listening
I listened rather than read of course, while doing other things. Maybe that’s why I got so little out of it. I was hoping for concrete steps to strategizing.
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- Terence
- 2022-12-14
Very good although weaker towards the end
This book is strong and I recommend it. Although it's weakest chapters are towards the end and science will say it will be remembered for them.
I enjoyed it and will likely read it again. A lot of useful information and insights.
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- Valerie
- 2022-03-15
Has Value. Shouldn't Have Priority.
Narrator - good quality. Listened to at 1.25x.
I am not a war/historian buff, but I do love a solid set of case studies. The first third of this book was a struggle solely because it was mostly about wars/history I was unfamiliar with and it seemed to drag on and on and on. I am curious by nature and was driven to look things up regarding the wars and human atrocities. I learned quite a bit about more instances of total disregard for human kind. I'm not saying it wasn't interesting, but it was a whole lot of appetizer before the main course.
The second third had more current (1970s - 2000s) stories, but seemed like an overdue series of diary entries. I'm not saying this author doesn't have value, but like most business books written by older men, seems to focus more on their contributions than anything else. Most of the business case studies are out-of-date and I had to keep checking for when this book was actually published. That being said, when he did get to the meat of it, most of the thought processes are still relevant. I did pause a lot to look up the current status of his case studies and found that some of the companies did finally tank.
The final third attempted to put things together and was relatively successful.
This book is interesting, but not efficient when trying to educate yourself regarding improving strategy. I would add this book to your list under the category of "When I have some down time, but feel too guilty to read fiction." Has value, but shouldn't have priority. I say this because it is filled with all sorts of appetizers, salads, desserts. Time is valuable. When I am trying to learn as much as I can about certain business components...I want my porkchops, mashed potatoes and corn. (Maybe that's just the Iowan in me.)
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- Balancing Act
- 2021-09-20
Really tough subject to get right...
And I feel like a balance was struck for my brain. I learned a fair amount from reading this book. AND I felt vanquished at strategy work and discussions I have had in the past. (Oh, I WAS right).
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- Albert A. Byas
- 2021-04-02
Strategic Thinking
Loved it! It sets a great state of mind for what strategy is. You can't rush through it. As I was listening it helped me understand my successes and failures better. I have a better grasp on long term businesss strategy.
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- Lior Sion
- 2023-11-26
Great book, potentially missing editor
My summary of good and bad strategy:
Took me awhile to write this and I was trying to understand why. I liked most of what was written, and yet I felt it wasn’t what it was supposed to be - and I think I know why.
The book is a collection of great insights, thoughts, stories and examples, but its rhythm is wrong - it jumps from basic problem framing to solution to more issues and challenges to other concepts. Also, I think the definition of strategy is lacking: I often like to think about strategy and tactics differently, and the book basically calls everything strategy (and maybe adds policy on top of it).
That said, I loved what was actually written if I take chapter by chapter and paragraph by paragraph. The main takeaways for me:
* loved how he’s not shy showing what and when things were done wrong. Finally someone points to the evil of fluffy messaging and empty yet long presentations!
* as written above - the importance of taking one thing and doing it.
* loved the chapter about doubting your own first choice and coming up with more options. In my team I always asked people to come with 3 good solutions, never one.
All in all - I would recommend this book to my friends :)
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- spjeanfritz
- 2022-07-12
a must read for anyone seeking success
A brilliant presentation of what strategy is with vivid examples and principles on how to do it best.
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