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How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
Michael J. Gelb

Dell, 2000

Great book, but has its downsides...

+ How to Live a Balanced and Fulfilling Life
+ quick, interesting, useful
+ EXCELLENT Book!
  
  











  



  
Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate
Michael Schrage

Harvard Business School Press, 1999

Three years on, still a great book

+ Readable User-Friendly Book on Innovation
+ Enlightening

Here's the best review I can give Michael Schrage's "Serious Play": Three years on, it's consistently the first book I pull out of my bookshelf when I'm looking for ideas for presentations, thoughts on introducing new products or services, etc. His commentary on "mean-time-to-payback" is something ...
  
  











  



  
Whale Hunting: How to Land Big Sales and Transform Your Company
Tom Searcy, Barbara Weaver Smith

Wiley, 2008

A clear strategy for landing those big customers!

+ More Than a Book about Landing Big Sales
+ Fantastic Insight into Landing Large Accounts!
+ Whale Hunting is a Must Read!
+ Whale Hunting--A true process for landing large clients
  
  











  



  
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ...

Crown Business, 2002

Management Take Notice

+ Obviously if you're going to get things done, you gotta "execute" them...
+ Muy buen libro
+ developing strategies that work
+ Get it done = What + How = Execution
  
  











  



  
Flexible Product Development: Building Agility for Changing Markets
Preston G. Smith

Jossey-Bass, 2007

Another excellent book from Preston Smith

+ First book in a new field
+ The Underlying Values and Principles that are Critical to Flexible Development

This is the second book of Preston's that I have read, and they are both excellent books. He has his finger on the pulse of change in product development. This one, "Flexible Product Development: Building Agility for Changing Markets" is a book that describes a successful future of product ...
  
  











  



  
Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used
Peter Block

Pfeiffer, 1999

Excellent. Easily my favorite Consulting/Project Management book.

+ As promised
+ book on consulting
+ Best book ever written on the consulting relationship
+ Insightful
  
  











  



  
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2007

Intuition is No Simple Subject Matter to "Thin-Slice" - Gladwell does it Well!

+ Great book even if I don't agree with it...
+ Blink - A Must Read
+ Fascinating book
  
  











  



  
Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used
Peter Block

Pfeiffer, 1999

Excellent. Easily my favorite Consulting/Project Management book.

+ As promised
+ book on consulting
+ Best book ever written on the consulting relationship
+ Insightful
  
  











  



  
Whale Hunting: How to Land Big Sales and Transform Your Company
Tom Searcy, Barbara Weaver Smith

Wiley, 2008

A clear strategy for landing those big customers!

+ More Than a Book about Landing Big Sales
+ Fantastic Insight into Landing Large Accounts!
+ Whale Hunting is a Must Read!
+ Whale Hunting--A true process for landing large clients
  
  











  



  
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ...

Crown Business, 2002

Management Take Notice

+ Obviously if you're going to get things done, you gotta "execute" them...
+ Muy buen libro
+ developing strategies that work
+ Get it done = What + How = Execution
  
  











  



  
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
Michael J. Gelb

Dell, 2000

Great book, but has its downsides...

+ How to Live a Balanced and Fulfilling Life
+ quick, interesting, useful
+ EXCELLENT Book!
  
  











  



  
Flexible Product Development: Building Agility for Changing Markets
Preston G. Smith

Jossey-Bass, 2007

Another excellent book from Preston Smith

+ First book in a new field
+ The Underlying Values and Principles that are Critical to Flexible Development

This is the second book of Preston's that I have read, and they are both excellent books. He has his finger on the pulse of change in product development. This one, "Flexible Product Development: Building Agility for Changing Markets" is a book that describes a successful future of product ...
  
  











  



  
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2007

Intuition is No Simple Subject Matter to "Thin-Slice" - Gladwell does it Well!

+ Great book even if I don't agree with it...
+ Blink - A Must Read
+ Fascinating book
  
  











  



  
Serious Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate
Michael Schrage

Harvard Business School Press, 1999

Three years on, still a great book

+ Readable User-Friendly Book on Innovation
+ Enlightening

Here's the best review I can give Michael Schrage's "Serious Play": Three years on, it's consistently the first book I pull out of my bookshelf when I'm looking for ideas for presentations, thoughts on introducing new products or services, etc. His commentary on "mean-time-to-payback" is something ...
  
  











  



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