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"The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizationspages 208
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The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
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Yes, I enjoyed this and I really like the metaphor they are using here of starfish and spiders - each relating to a style of management. This book is up to date with lots of modern references (does make me worry that it will date badly though) and I ...more |
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A good, easy to read management book, with lots of points to make you think. At times I did feel that they authors were trying too hard to make it hip and trendy, which always comes across as false. It started me off by making me feel slightly queasy...more |
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wow, I did not like this book at all. I found it painful from beginning to end, I thought it was just me, so I checked with the rest of the people on my course, as we all did.
I have read every word on this book and it has been slow, heavy going an...more |
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WOW, just wow. Totally and utterly amazing book, highly engaging and encouraging. It is about finding what is right for you - your element. What makes you tick, but not in a self-help wishy washy way. I am a fan of Ken Robinson, from his TED talks (h...more |
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I really liked his book "the six thinking hats" and really engaged with the concept. Although I could get what he was talking about in this book and I think the idea is really good I felt that it just went on and on and a lot of it was padding. I rea...more |
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Really enjoyed this book, again I took lots of notes while I was reading it, even down to doodling my thoughts and my life in response to it. I felt like it was a really relevant business book, with a lot to recommend it to everyone, not just someone...more |
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Really enjoyed this book - the concept of scenarios, story telling new ideas for yourself and seeing them as myths of the future is something which really appeals to me.
I ended up writing my own story as I read it, how I saw myself both now and in...more |
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I really enjoyed this book. It is uk focused, which is really nice for such a business focused book, examples are often American. But the whole book was focused on the uk.
The breakdowns of what an entrepreneur has to do was really clear and helpfu...more |
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Developing New Business Ideas: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating New Business Ideas Worth Backing
"really goood read, lots of fantastic case studies about good and bad examples of business ideas which have been developed or failed.
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