Jim Collins





Jim Collins

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January 25, 1958

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Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies — how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored four books, including the classic BUILT TO LAST, which has been a fixture on the Business Week best seller list for more than six years, and has been translated into 29 languages. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company.

Jim’s book, GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ....more


Average rating: 3.94 · 46,625 ratings · 2,323 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007
Last Best League
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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“Good is the enemy of great.”
Jim Collins

“When [what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be best in the world at and what drives your economic engine] come together, not only does your work move toward greatness, but so does your life. For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then, you might gain that rare tranquility that comes from knowing that you’ve had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time here on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.”
Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

“The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.”
Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

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