from lrbhat

This is an excellent book for all CXOs and Corporate Executives to be forewarned about the symptoms and advance warning signs of potential failure. Having experienced slow decline from close quarters, I must admit the stages of decline described by Jim is astonishingly true without any doubt. The...

from lrbhat

This is an excellent book for all CXOs and Corporate Executives to be forewarned about the symptoms and advance warning signs of potential failure. Having experienced slow decline from close quarters, I must admit the stages of decline described by Jim is astonishingly true without any doubt. The...

from petterw

It's the second part of the title that makes this book particularily interesting, because in many ways - at least in retrospect - it is evident why companies and organizations lose contact with reality: complacency, panic, hubris. Jim Collins attacks the problem very scientifically, and the examp...

from librarythingaliba

Ripped through this over the holiday weekend. Not nearly as good as Mr. Collins classic (Good to Great), it was still interesting and educational to read.

from stephaniechase

While not as compelling as "Good to Great," it is still an interesting (and quick) read. Especially useful are several of the appendices in the back.