Business book summary #8: “Good to Great” by Jim Collins

can we get this on pod casts?

You sure can. Type "readitfor.me" into the search box in iTunes and it should be the only result. Let me know how that works for you.

Excellent «résumé»!

Thanks!

Thanks again Steve -

I appreciate these wee summaries very much.

Sorry to be a pedant, but...

You can persevere TO (until) the the end, but it doesn't really make sense to say that you will preserve IN the end:

persevere |ˌpərsəˈvi(ə)r|
verb [ intrans. ]
continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success : his family persevered with his treatment.

Keep up the great work - I'd like to recommend William Isaacs 'Dialogue and the art of thinking together" for precis

with all good wishes
Ash

Ash - thanks for the kind words! Thanks for pointing out that mistake - I resolve to use persevere correctly in all future episodes ;-)

Love the way you have not only distilled the book, but have added your gems of insights to it as well. This is more than good, it is great!

Thanks Moses - I'm glad you enjoyed it.

The best business book written this decade. It is required reading at our company.

It's certainly one of my favourites, and gives lots of food for thought. I think should be required reading at ALL companies.

Steve,
Great summary, brought it all back for me.Particularly timely in light of our economic reality...He should have taken your calll...If he had ,he would have said " Great Job"!

Thanks Rob! I agree - in light of our economic reality (and also the technological reality) this really is a great return to the foundations of what we do.