Category: Book Readings
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Blue Ocean Strategy (W Chan Kim , Renee Mauborgne)
Authors define Blue oceans as unchartered territories where existing competition is made irrelevant. As we have read in marketing stories and acknowledged by authors too, the term “Blue Oceans” is new but not the existence of it. Every day new industries are born and new market segments are defined in the world. This is an…
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The Tipping Point: How little things can make big difference (by Malcom Gladwell)
This is a must read book for everybody in Management. We are in the middle of a world where trends start and die every moment. But some catch-up, spread like wild fire and make everyone sit-up and take notice. In a nutshell, the book explains how this phenomenon occurs. For me Tipping point is a…
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Good to Great (by Jim Collins)
This book must be read for a few important reasons Its based on extensive five year research and on thousands of interviews with company executives The book is based on this research doesn’t talk about the great companies. The likes of GE, Intel etc. These companies have always been great and there are thousands of…
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari (by Robin S Sharma)
This is mystical fable about a famous lawyer in New York leaving his worldly possessions in search of personal mastery and his destiny. I suggest every one to read this story to understand the importance of self-reflection and consequently mental, physical and spiritual well being. While the core message of the book is not new…
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The CEO’s Secret Handbook
Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management is a secret CEO Handbook written by Bill Swanson. The 76 Page spiral hand book is read by most of the business leaders including Jack Welsh and Warren Buffet. The book is not published any where and I could not find a soft copy of it to download. Swanson never…