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HBR's 10 Must Reads 2017: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review (with bonus article “What Is Disruptive Innovation?”)
A year’s worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We’ve reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Clayton M. Christensen to Adam Grant and company examples from Intel to Uber, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations to your fingertips. This book will inspire you
192 pages, Paperback
Published November 1, 2016
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July 8, 2018
This compilation is great. Pity I read some articles before already and some are not that relevant to me.
August 28, 2017
A book made up from HBR best articles. Yes, I am not usually a big fan of books that are collections of articles, but this one was frank with me in saying so and did not pretend otherwise. The title is clear "10 Must Reads" + 1.
HBR articles are known for their insight and originality. Besides reading their articles from the website and listening to their IdeaCast podcast, I make sure that I read HBR must read releases every year to make sure I didn't miss any thought-leading ideas. This thought-leadership from HBR is a must have companion for every person who is working with or leading others.
One thing I hated about the book, and I felt I was fooled by HBR marketing because of it: the articles has nothing to do with 2017! I expected to read articles of mid to late 2016. But I found that most articles were published in 2015, exactly 8 of them, and the rest were published in early 2016. So don't be fooled by the sparkling title of "10 Must Reads of the Year 2017". You're actually reading some older articles repackaged in a book, though still insightful and worth your time.
HBR articles are known for their insight and originality. Besides reading their articles from the website and listening to their IdeaCast podcast, I make sure that I read HBR must read releases every year to make sure I didn't miss any thought-leading ideas. This thought-leadership from HBR is a must have companion for every person who is working with or leading others.
One thing I hated about the book, and I felt I was fooled by HBR marketing because of it: the articles has nothing to do with 2017! I expected to read articles of mid to late 2016. But I found that most articles were published in 2015, exactly 8 of them, and the rest were published in early 2016. So don't be fooled by the sparkling title of "10 Must Reads of the Year 2017". You're actually reading some older articles repackaged in a book, though still insightful and worth your time.
May 21, 2017
What is it like for a blind person to be blind? I did find that this was a complete random collection of articles with no connection or flow. And why are the articles from 2015? Having read HBR magazine there are 100's of better articles better that the ones selected for this book but alas that is merely personal opinion. Overall I think this volume did not do the mighty HBR the justice it deserves.
December 20, 2016
Some articles were more applicable to my work then others, but I appreciated having high quality content in one place.
March 10, 2017
The diversity of articles made it a great read for me. i particularly enjoyed the pieces on CHRO, design thinking, emerging markets, cross cultural negotiation. Worth reading overall.
January 8, 2021
Book 3 of 40 for 2021: I’ve just finished ‘HBRs 10 Must Reads 2017’ and I give it 4 stars.
There were a few interesting topics including positioning the Chief HR Office to deliver business value and how to pivot with automation in the workplace but I was more intrigued by Clayton Christensen’s article on ‘What is Disruptive Innovation?’.
Did Uber disrupt the Taxi industry? Memes a plenty would say so. Referencing the definition that ‘disruption occurs when a smaller firm with lesser resources activates a forgotten market by a big player and then improves product quality to capture the firms main customers’ would imply that Uber did not disrupt the Taxi industry. Uber simply increased total market demand and captured customers already requiring these services, but perhaps they disrupted the limousine industry...
Understanding disruption by definition allows you to identify it and then structure your strategy on defending or pivoting. I recommend this article over any other, even if you need to source it outside of the book.
There were a few interesting topics including positioning the Chief HR Office to deliver business value and how to pivot with automation in the workplace but I was more intrigued by Clayton Christensen’s article on ‘What is Disruptive Innovation?’.
Did Uber disrupt the Taxi industry? Memes a plenty would say so. Referencing the definition that ‘disruption occurs when a smaller firm with lesser resources activates a forgotten market by a big player and then improves product quality to capture the firms main customers’ would imply that Uber did not disrupt the Taxi industry. Uber simply increased total market demand and captured customers already requiring these services, but perhaps they disrupted the limousine industry...
Understanding disruption by definition allows you to identify it and then structure your strategy on defending or pivoting. I recommend this article over any other, even if you need to source it outside of the book.
February 20, 2018
I gave this a 4-star because about 6 of the 10 articles were compelling reads. The best ones were Intel's Employer-Led Healthcare Initiative, Strategy Transitioning from Pipelines to Platforms, and evolving role of HR in corporate strategy.
The Pepsico CEO interview on design, discussion of Disruptive Innovation, Limits of Empathy, and Getting to Yes weren't necessarily bad, but really didn't meet "Must Read" status.
The Pepsico CEO interview on design, discussion of Disruptive Innovation, Limits of Empathy, and Getting to Yes weren't necessarily bad, but really didn't meet "Must Read" status.
May 20, 2017
4.5
I'm not sure all of the ideas presented here are from 2017, a lot of reprints from 2015 (fyi), that being said, The definitive management ideas of the year from HBR is a valuable read if you're in business. It could be used as a guideline to breaking barriers if your company is in a rut or if you looking to revolutionize your day to day ops. This book gave me a few ah ha moments. 💰
I'm not sure all of the ideas presented here are from 2017, a lot of reprints from 2015 (fyi), that being said, The definitive management ideas of the year from HBR is a valuable read if you're in business. It could be used as a guideline to breaking barriers if your company is in a rut or if you looking to revolutionize your day to day ops. This book gave me a few ah ha moments. 💰
June 24, 2017
Some of the topics were more relevant than others to me, but they were great.
Highly recommend the Automation article, as it's related to everyone. Each of us have to find a new field of work once the computers take over, the article give you what are the possible options and how to make that decision.
Highly recommend the Automation article, as it's related to everyone. Each of us have to find a new field of work once the computers take over, the article give you what are the possible options and how to make that decision.
June 21, 2017
The book starts out okay and the articles are fine. However midway the articles are, in my opinion, not the best HBR published in the last year.
February 16, 2018
Love this book. It opens my mind to innovations and human factors at the same time. A great reading!
September 2, 2018
Worth it, very insightful.
November 19, 2018
HBR articles are always insightful. all good articles.
November 5, 2020
A re-read and surprisingly still relevant even if most articles are actually 2015
March 18, 2025
A random recommendation from Amazon, suggested from my reading history.
The ten articles are quite varied, and I found the ones that leaned towards marketing, technology, and clever use of data more useful. The individual articles were structured like blog-entry theses, and were actually easy to make time for.
The "10 Must Reads" is a great series, and good value for money as well.
Note: This was from my 2019 reading list, and the words are from my thoughts back then. Minor grammatical edits may have been applied.
The ten articles are quite varied, and I found the ones that leaned towards marketing, technology, and clever use of data more useful. The individual articles were structured like blog-entry theses, and were actually easy to make time for.
The "10 Must Reads" is a great series, and good value for money as well.
Note: This was from my 2019 reading list, and the words are from my thoughts back then. Minor grammatical edits may have been applied.
March 25, 2017
It didn't tell me anything I didn't know, but it's a book I'll lend to people who look at me funny when I talk about today's management ideas. ESPECIALLY about how tech does NOT equal systems.
April 20, 2017
A must have for anyone who believes knowledge is a never ending story.
Empathy belly, collaboration bias and human vs. machine debate were outstandingly narrated. HBR 2017 to 'x' years is what leaders need to thrive over centuries.
Empathy belly, collaboration bias and human vs. machine debate were outstandingly narrated. HBR 2017 to 'x' years is what leaders need to thrive over centuries.
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