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The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World Summary

The SQUEEZE: To encourage long-term sustainability and prosperity, companies must create a strategic vision. This vision must consider both the positive and negative effects of growth, competition, and economic viability. It is within this context...

The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage Summary

The SQUEEZE: Long gone are the days where companies developed “one size fits all” products for consumers. Today, companies must tap into their resources to determine what value they can bring to the individual customer. It is this sentiment that B...

The Human Side of Enterprise Summary

The SQUEEZE: Companies today develop assumptions that generally align with business objectives. These objectives are based upon management strategies that must be knowledge-driven. This is the sentiment of Douglas McGregor’s book titled “The Human...

The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse Summary

The SQUEEZE: Although Western life has improved over the past century, men and women today still feel unhappier than previous generations. Why is this feeling of discontent a prevailing problem in a culture that looks vastly different from its beg...

The Shape of Things to Come: Seven Imperatives for Winning in the New World of Business Summary

The SQUEEZE: The future of business will require companies to adopt strategies that will ensure their survival in a changing environment. Throughout history, there have been significant breakthroughs that changed the face of business. For example,...

The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich are Rich, the Poor are Poor—and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car Summary

The SQUEEZE: Every day is filled with human interaction. This is life on a general scale. However, within a specific context, human interaction consists of negotiations between the rich and the poor, between companies and employees, and between bu...

The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy Summary

The SQUEEZE: American unilateralism encompasses a wide-range of approaches to political stability and economic supremacy. However, the new European Union poses a challenge to this goal. T. R. Reid’s book titled “The United States of Europe: The Ne...

The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations Summary

The SQUEEZE: A growing sentiment is beginning to gain significant traction within the business and finance industries. The sentiment that more can be achieved with a larger group of people than with an elite few is an idea that is poised to predic...

13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown Summary

The SQUEEZE: In 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown, Simon Johnson and James Kwak discuss the American banking industry and its resistance to regulation. The authors focus the narrative on six megabanks whose asset...

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Summary

The SQUEEZE: Transforming the way you work is important within a changing environment. Change involves recognizing new stresses, confronting confusing, and overcoming anxiety. Resolving these problems is one of many goals of organizational plannin...
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