Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them AllTen years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive inuncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins andhis colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly greatenterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous and fast-moving times. This book isclassic Collins: contrarian, data-driven and uplifting. |
Contents
10xers 13 | 39 |
Fire Bullets then Cannonballs | 69 |
Leading above the Death Line | 99 |
SMaC | 125 |
return on Luck | 149 |
Great by Choice | 181 |
Research Foundations | 199 |
Notes | 255 |
Index | 295 |
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Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck - why Some Thrive Despite Them All Jim Collins,Morten T. Hansen No preview available - 2011 |
Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck - Why Some Thrive Despite Them All Jim Collins,Morten T. Hansen No preview available - 2011 |
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