Posts Tagged ‘competitive advantage’

Becoming the Rabbit

Posted in Book Review, Problem solving, Value2 - Relentless Improvement on April 15th, 2011 by Paul McArdle – 1 Comment

Someone suggested I read this book a long time ago.  Apologies that I can’t remember who, or I would note your name here.

The Book

What we thought
ChasingTheRabbit

“Chasing the Rabbit”
by Steven J Spear		 Thumbs up

An detailed, challenging read,
but well worthwhile
I’ve posted separately about why we read, and review, so many books (and about the links above)…

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Because of the extensive and valuable discussion provided by the author, the following teaser does not do justice to the book – you have to read it to gain a real context.

PS - I’ve been told that there’s a newer version of the book available (now titled “High Velocity Edge“) that has a new preface and epilogue to reflect on Toyota’s recent issues.

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Focus on What’s Core

Posted in 03 - Product Development on March 17th, 2010 by Paul McArdle – 4 Comments

Stephen sent me a link to this presentation by Geoffrey Moore at the “Business of Software” conference in 2009.   Thanks for that!

We were going to attend this conference in 2009, but it clashed with the commencement of our Autopsy 2 process, and as such we had to give it a miss. Geoffrey Moore is a well-known author that I was particularly looking forward to hearing present, and I am happy that this teaser was made available online. Perhaps the 2010 conference (October 4th, 5th and 6th in Boston)?!

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