Conversation

I am about 90% convinced that Good Strategy Bad Strategy is a bad book. Two questions: 1. What is something actionable you took away from the book? 2. In a year’s time, circle back and ask: what changes did I make as a result of that takeaway?

Replying to

I was just thinking of reading it and thought it was actually recommended by you :) "tackle the hardest bit, which is the context-dependent diagnosis" => I think this is the bit that makes most books kind of useless, they are just too abstract to draw practical conclusions.

Replying to

and

I can definitely recommend it - if only for the first third. It helped us to formulate and execute a comprehensive and better strategy compared to what we had before. Some multi year real life positive impact for a 100+ people company vs “a book review” 😉

Replying to

I take such comments seriously — proof of real world evidence is more important to me than almost anything else. Could you talk publicly about the details? For context:

commoncog.com

The Hierarchy of Practical Evidence

A technique for evaluating non-scientific advice, from practitioners.

Replying to

and

If your story is compelling, I'll update hard in favour of the book.

5:23 AM · Aug 21, 2022TweetDeck