Grant Waldie
Strategy
I’ve been asked “Why aren’t your strategy books listed under ‘Executing the Vision’? Isn’t that the definition of ‘Strategy’?”
Quite simply, if you’re not thinking about how you’re going to get there while you’re defining where “there” is, you’ll have a very hard time succeeding.
As W. Chan Kim and Reneé Mauborgne lay out in Blue Ocean Strategy you may need to start asking different questions and focus on completely outside-the-box ideas in order for your business to truly grow.
Playing to Win
How strategy really works
-- A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin
"Read this book. They, in turn, are sure to inspire you."
-- Forbes.com
Blue Ocean Strategy
How to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant
-- W. Chan Kim and Reneé Mauborgne
"A Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, and Fast Company bestseller."
blink
The power of thinking without thinking
-- Malcolm Gladwell
"Entertaining...It will make you think about how you think."
-- William Dietrich, Seattle Times
David and Goliath
Underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants
-- Malcolm Gladwell
"Gladwell has become the most influential journalist of his generation."
-- Tom Junod, Esquire
Outliers
The story of success
-- Malcolm Gladwell
"Insightful. If enough people read and ponder the implications of Outliers, perhaps that can help begin the much needed process of turning around current counterproductive attitudes toward life."
-- Thomas Sowell, Washington Times
Nudge
Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness
-- Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
"One of the few books I've read recently that fundamentally changes the way I think about the world."
-- Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics
Cold Hard Truth
On business, money, and life
-- Kevin O'Leary
"Candor is Kevin O'Leary's specialty and his strongest selling point."
-- The Globe and Mail
The Art of War
-- Sun Tzu
"The Art of War is among the greatest classics of military literature ever written. Pick up Art of War and read it."
-- General A.M. Gray, Marine Corps Gazette
World Inc.
When it comes to solutions - both local and global - businesses are now more powerful than government. Welcome to World Inc.
-- Bruce Piasecki
"A must read for those interested in moving to the top, or staying there, in their industry sectors."
-- Steve Wolff, Dayton Power and Light