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Summary: A framework for decisions
Review: There aren't many new ideas within this publication - hence 4 stars. I couldn't help but think of De Bono's six thinking hats as a framework for thinking that has many parallels with the BusinessThink publication.
However, that doesn't detract from what is a message that needs repeating and a message that needs to be absorbed by all of us to make the process of decision making (and thinking in general) more productive.
You're going to get value from this book where dysfunction is at its greatest. If you're already part of a productive team you're probably going to read this book and see recognition of what you're already doing rather than learn anything new.
Personally, this books remains a favourite. Whenever we make a few successful decisions (or believe we do) this is the first sort of book we disparage and neglect. But it's just when we start to believe our infallibility and skip steps within this framework that we start to make blunders.The authors introduce some interesting statistics: successful decisions are fewer on the ground that what our beliefs might suggest.
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Summary: Relevant
Review: This book comes from practical experience and an expert knowledge base and provides a framework for understanding the complexity of business from the people side. It is a methodology for gaining the ability to understand the whole system and how different parts impact the whole...blending the business side and the people side. I have gained tremendously from the principles taught in this book.
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Summary: Stop procrastinating and read this book
Review: This book gets to the critical issues of why people make stupid business decisions. The book has very powerful content and practical ideas--I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Time to get serious
Review: This economy doesn't allow us to "practice", we must get it right, right now! businessThink gives us tools for our current reality. This book is practical for all levels of the organization so everyone can get on the same page and start doing what they should be doing and not what they could be doing! Great stuff!
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Summary: THE book for the 21st century successful businessperson
Review: This is one of the few books that provides the stick to pull people from the quagmire of decision making in today's corporations. That "stick" is thinking and the ability to make the right decision at the right time. The 8 rules in businessThink have given me skills for thinking through decisions and the issues those decisions address. The tone of the authors adds to the real-ness and relevance of their ideas. They don't mince words; they incorporate humor; and you get a sense that these authors care about what they're writing--and care about helping others to businessThink.
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Summary: Finally, a book for the real world!
Review: This is one of the rare business books that isn't chuck full of useless theory or excessive amounts of research with no application. This book provides real skills and a real business tool for objective thinking. I now understand how to build a logical buisness case for or against a presented solution, rather than the typical impulsive projects that are typically based off of bias, ego, opinion, or gut feel. The emphasis on ego is invaluable. Ego costs companies millions of dollars every day, primarily because everyone's in denial that it exist. Thank you businessThink for finally bring a book to the table that is insync with business realities.
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Summary: Thinking differently
Review: Through eight simple rules, I learned not only how to do business differently, but how to see business differently-to think in a way that maximizes the innate resourcefulness of everyone I lead. The book is especially useful to those whose jobs demand constant creativity and innovation.
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Summary: Without business think, you're only whining.
Review: What a great new book. What caught my eye was how many heavy hitters (Tom Peters, Warren Bennis, and Ram Charan)recommended it. It is good. 1. Business Think emphasizes that thinking matters. We've gone way too far with the ready, fire, aim. Poorly thought out presentations, projects, meetings, reorganizations. Businesses that succeed don't get more done, they get more of the right things done. 2. Business think teaches employees how to gain political traction rather than whine. While they think they are making helpful suggestions, most employees bring complaints and gripes to their boss because they think about ways to improve their job, not the business. So when they bring suggestions that help their team but would hurt other departments or the company's bottom line,the executives don't listen. Before you can talk your bosses language, you have to think like the CEO. It's sad because most employees have good ideas but thinks no one listens. 3. Business Think shows you that you have to listen first to your boss or board or the finance department before they will listen to you. And it shows you how to do it. The book has a Fast Company style of writing that is snappy and edgy for a while and then wears a little thin. But it keeps a serious subject from getting boring. I'm going to buy it for my entire department. We do way too much training for managers. It's time to train the people to think like their manager. If you ever got rated down for not thinking strategically, this book is the best I have seen for laying out how to be seen as a player.
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