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by Collins, James C., 2001
Who uses, recommends or left Good to Great, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
2 people
I’ve read similar books like this in the past as well, some of my favorites are Good to Great and Built to Last.
An essay arguing most business books are irrelevant to self-funded software founders, naming the ones he read on paternity leave.
2010-08-05·robwalling.com ↗
A research-based look at what causes companies to move from mediocre or good to great performance. Not super engaging to read, but the methodology behind the book gives its ideas more credibility.
On his public list of books he has read, with his notes.
2016-01-01·radex.io ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
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