Only The Paranoid Survive: How To Exploit The Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company And Career New Edition is an excellent book by Andrew S. Grove that aims to motivate every manager to expect the unexpected in his business after applying
the techniques and principles he has stated. [From: Flipkart.com]
“The Lesson is, we all need to expose ourselves to the winds of change”
Under Andy Grove’s leadership, Intel has become the world’s largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the world.
In Only the Paranoid Survive, Grove reveals his strategy of focusing on a new way of measuring the nightmare moment every leader dreads–when massive change occurs and a company must, virtually overnight, adapt or fall by the wayside.
Grove calls such a moment a Strategic Inflection Point, which can be set off by almost anything: mega-competition, a change in regulations, or a seemingly modest change in technology. When a Strategic Inflection Point hits, the ordinary rules of business go out the window. Yet, managed right, a Strategic Inflection Point can be an opportunity to win in the marketplace and emerge stronger than ever.
“strategic changes doesn’t just start at the top. It starts with your calender”
Grove underscores his message by examining his own record of success and failure, including how he navigated the events of the Pentium flaw, which threatened Intel’s reputation in 1994, and how he has dealt with the explosions in growth of the Internet. The work of a lifetime, Only the Paranoid Survive is a classic of managerial and leadership skills.
The Currency Paperback edition of Only the Paranoid Survive includes a new chapter about the impact of strategic inflection points on individual careers–how to predict them and how to benefit from them. [From: Amazon.com]
“The person who is the star of a previous era is often the last one to adapt to change, the last one to yield to logic of a strategic inflection point and tends to fall harder than most.”
“Probably the best book on business written by a business person since
Alfred Sloan’s My Years with General Motors.”
—Forbes
“This terrific book is dangerous…It will make people think.”
–Peter Drucker
“This book is about one super-important concept. You must learn about Strategic Inflection Points, because sooner or later you are going to live through one.”
—Steve Jobs, [then-CEO of Pixar Animation Studios, pre-return to Apple]
“Andy explains–with modesty that cannot conceal his brilliance, how he has led Intel through changes and challenges that many companies could not cope with…The country will benefit from his vision.”
–Reed Hundt, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission [From: Barnesandnoble.com]
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