Author:Jim Collins,Jim Collins
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Can a good company become a great one? If so, how?
After a five-year research project, Jim Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to great while other organisations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising - at times even shocking - to the modern mind.
Good to Great achieves a rare distinction: a management book full of vital ideas that reads as well as a fast-paced novel. It is widely regarded as one of the most important business books ever written.
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...the biggest selling and most influential management book of the new millennium.
—— Financial Times...seminal...
—— The Times...a must-read...
—— Management TodayPeppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not-so-great, Collins lays a well-reasoned roadmap to excellence that any organisation would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come.
—— Amazon.co.uk Reviewin this category (management books) there is nothing to touch Jim Collins... It is essential reading.
—— Sunday Times Business Books of the YearOzan Varol is like Nassim Taleb meets Daniel Kahneman
—— Clara Shih, Board Member of Starbucks; CEO of Hearsay SocialI love Ozan Varol. He's a brilliant mind, a warm and kind heart, and the exact type of spirit we need putting resilient vibes into the world right now
—— Neil Pasricha, New York Times-bestselling author of Book of AwesomeSmart and witty, Varol's masterful analysis explains complicated scientific principles and connects them to ordinary life for a mainstream audience
—— Publishers WeeklyHow Instagram defied the odds to become one of the most culturally defining apps of the decade . . . Unprecedented exclusive access.
—— SILICON VALLEY’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 , FORBESA deep-dive into the social media platform we all love.
—— BOOKS YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO ADD TO YOUR READING LIST IN 2020 , COSMOPOLITANA vibrant play-by-play [account] . . . Irresistible drama . . . Frier is willing to find the cracks in Instagram's glossy appearance.
—— NPROne of my favorite books of recent months . . . A meticulously reported, beautifully told story.
—— Casey Newton , THE VERGEA comprehensive new history . . . Intriguing
—— DAILY TELEGRAPHInside the darker side of Instagram
—— EVENING STANDARDInstagram has reshaped how we eat, shop, talk and present ourselves. In No Filter . . . Sarah Frier offers a rare glimpse into how the company came to be a formidable force in the tech industry.
—— BEST TECH BOOKS OF 2020 , MASHABLEA lively and revealing account of how the world came to see itself through [Instagram founder] Mr Systrom's lens . . . The tale of nerds who struck gold offers glimpses of Silicon Valley's weirdness.
—— THE ECONOMISTNo Filter offers an engaging account of how tech founders' ideals inevitably have to be squared with making profits.
—— WALL STREET JOURNALA fascinating business story - but also much more than that . . . Frier is a skilled reporter and an astute and sensitive cultural observer. No Filter is a vital read for anyone seeking to understand the incredible power Silicon Valley executives exercise over us, and the opaque, unpredictable and undemocratic mechanisms by which they do so.
—— New StatesmanA vivid portrait of clashing Silicon Valley egos
—— Best Books of the Year: Business , Financial TimesOfficially, this is the tale of the photo-sharing app Instagram, but it's also a wider story of Silicon Valley - the fragile egos, the feuds, the deals done around fire pits . . . Mark Zuckerberg is the book's sometimes cartoonish villain, ending staff meeting with the cry: "Domination!"
—— Business Books of the Year , SUNDAY TIMESNo Filter is a topical and well-reported account of the rise of Instagram and its takeover by Facebook. But it also tackles two vital issues of our age: how Big Tech treats smaller rivals and how social media companies are shaping the lives of a new generation.
—— Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FINANCIAL TIMESBloomberg reporter Sarah Frier chronicles the rise of photo-sharing social network Instagram, from when it was still a location-based app named "Burbn" to the ad-driven juggernaut it is today . . . Frier deftly streamlines from multiple interviews with some of the most high-profile executives, venture capitalists, and most-followed celebrities on Instagram
—— The 10 Best Business Books of 2020 , FortuneCongressional documents may have told us why Mark Zuckerberg thought he needed to buy Instagram, but No Filter is the inside story of the company that Facebook actually bought. Sarah Frier's book is the definitive account that bridges the gaps between the company Instagram was born as, the company that eventually sold to Facebook for $1 billion, and the company we know today. The intrigue of this origin story will only grow as the status of Instagram - as a brand within Facebook and a player in our daily lives - is sure to change in the decade ahead.
—— Favourite Business Books of 2020 , YAHOO FINANCEUtterly brilliant . . . It is so fascinating because it works at two levels: there's the personal story of these two founders making it up as they go along . . . and then there's the bigger story of Silicon Valley itself, and the unstoppable pressure to grow and go viral . . . [Frier] explores how Instagram changed society in terms of influencers, and also in terms of what it does to us, when we see these heavily filtered images of perfection in other people's lives - and this is really worth thinking about.
—— Extraordinary Business Book ClubExamines the all-pervasive impact of Instagram and what it says about today's society.
—— Independent.ie