Your Career Game: How Game Theory Can Help You Achieve Your Professional Goals

by Nathan Bennett, Stephen A. Miles, Stephen Miles

Your Career Game demonstrates how game theory can help readers to understand and proactively take charge of their career strategy. Authors Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles teach readers to manage the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers, managers, and others in a manner that supports personal career efforts. Then, they show how readers can become better players. The key to learning how to play the career game is "career agility"―in short, nimble individuals are better game players. Thois book includes conversations with a wide range of successful professionals such as Ursula Burns (Xerox), Stephen Elop (Microsoft), Marius Kloppers (BHP Billiton), Ken Frazier (Merck), and Liz McCartney (The St. Bernard Project), and discusses how their career moves demonstrate elements of a game theory approach to career management. This is a must-read strategic guide for anyone who seeks to advance their career and navigate today's job market.

Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship

269 pages, Hardcover

First published March 25, 2010

Reviews

[Jacqui · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written, but don't expect any mathematically rigorous application of game theory. The author interviewed a large number of professionals and boiled down what he felt were the lessons someone could learn from their experiences. It all seems like solid career advice and the overall attitude he advocates for strategically planning your career moves seems sound.

[Darshan Shetty · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a waste of time. Overambitious wannabe bullshit. Even reviewing this book is a waste of time so I am gonna keep it short. Half the book is just interviews of some unknown people with lame background questions. There was not 1% of insight in this book. I have not seen a more pretentious book selling hackneyed ideas under the pretext of game theory. I want my time back.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the conversations much much more than the lengthy explanation of the game theory itself!

And, the questions are sometimes even better than the answers, wow (:

[Fiódor · Rating 3 out of 5]

The information is actually good, it's a shame that Nathan and Stephen aren't better writers. One can just read the summary at the end of each chapter and dont miss anything substancial.

[Matt Smart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just skip the interviews.... those are just there to make the content book length 🙂

[Dhanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

There wasn't much application of game theory in this book, but it does talk of various common moves among successful people and generalise it. What I liked best about this book is the conversations with many successful and experienced people and their stories. Quite a bit to learn from there and that can be adapted into our daily lives.

[g BRETT · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have been looking at the applications of games to work and school lately, hadn't really considered that for careers. Interesting idea, well executed. More later.

[Preetham]

Good Interviews, You learn a lot from top ceo's and their carrier decision which lead them there.

[Sandeep · Rating 4 out of 5]

Must read for people looking about clues how to take their career to the next level.

[Timothy Lipp · Rating 5 out of 5]

The theoretical discussion combined with executive interviews was very helpful!