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The Art of What Works: How Great Leaders Adapt Competitive Strategies to Their Advantage [Hardcover]

William Duggan (Author)
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A commonsense approach to creating effective new strategies from ones that are proven to work

From Napoleon through Jack Welch, great leaders have always "borrowed" great ideas from others. The Art of What Works cuts against the grain of today's one-size-fits-all strategic gurus to argue that there are no intrinsically good or bad strategies--just flexible strategies that work best in given situations. Welch's appropriation of Six Sigma from Motorola, and use of its best features to revitalize GE, is a recent example of this approach.

In this insightful and practical guide, leading strategist William Duggan lays the groundwork for building new strategic frameworks by observing what works--and what doesn't--in the real world. The Art of What Works shows business professionals how to:

  • Recognize and adopt great ideas and strategies
  • Modify strategically sound ideas to their own benefit
  • Decide on a course of action--then modify it when necessary

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Text outlines a step-by-step program for understanding how and why others succeed, then drawing on their successes to fuel innovations of your own. DLC: Business planning.
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In 2001, the Nobel Prize in economics went to Joseph Stiglitz, George Akerlof, and Michael Spence for showing how and why markets again and again fall prey to imperfect information. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing, insightful, and important book, Sep 17 2003
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This review is from: The Art of What Works: How Great Leaders Adapt Competitive Strategies to Their Advantage (Hardcover)
I really liked the author's "Napoleon's Glance" book so I picked this up too. In my opinion this book is quietly revolutionary about how change in society happens and it is providing new insight into the concept of "expert intuition". It is important new reading for anyone interested in business, especially consultants like myself in business strategy. I used to work in nonprofits too and it is very important for people in that world as well. It is totally different style of thinking that Michael Porter's stuff on strategy, and much more useful!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Mediocrity...?, Sep 8 2003
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This review is from: The Art of What Works: How Great Leaders Adapt Competitive Strategies to Their Advantage (Hardcover)
"The Art" is simply a refresher course in management theories and practices. The "grand" concept of this book is the use of intuition and business expertise in making decisions.... This book is recommended if you are on a plane on a business trip and have nothing better to read...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing, insightful, and important book, Sep 17 2003
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This review is from: The Art of What Works: How Great Leaders Adapt Competitive Strategies to Their Advantage (Hardcover)
I really liked the author's "Napoleon's Glance" book so I picked this up too. In my opinion this book is quietly revolutionary about how change in society happens and it is providing new insight into the concept of "expert intuition". It is important new reading for anyone interested in business, especially consultants like myself in business strategy. I used to work in nonprofits too and it is very important for people in that world as well. It is totally different style of thinking that Michael Porter's stuff on strategy, and much more useful!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Strategic Reality, May 18 2009
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Terrific book that captures the reality of how strategy works. Starting with a vision and working to create it is not the art of what works. It is a non starter. Strategy has always struggled to capture how great strategy really happens and more importantly how a business or individual can duplicate it. Standing on the shoulders of giants, Duggan has captured this and given enormous insight to those seeking to improve their ability develop strategy, evaluate strategy or profit from great strategy. This discipline is essential. Highly recommended.

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Mediocrity...?, Sep 8 2003
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This review is from: The Art of What Works: How Great Leaders Adapt Competitive Strategies to Their Advantage (Hardcover)
"The Art" is simply a refresher course in management theories and practices. The "grand" concept of this book is the use of intuition and business expertise in making decisions.... This book is recommended if you are on a plane on a business trip and have nothing better to read...
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