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A review by apriladventuring
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. Rumelt
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
📚 2024 #20: “Good Strategy Bad Strategy” by Richard Rumelt
📕 This book is a guide by a professional strategist, that aims to teach its readers to identify good and bad strategy. Using many examples from his own work and from history, Rumelt shares common pitfalls people fall into, such as setting goals without having an action plan for getting there. The strategies discussed here range from corporate to military to show us how to properly think through solving a problem.
⭐️⭐️ 2/5: I had trouble putting my finger on exactly what bothered me about this book, but another Goodreads reviewer summed it up perfectly: it feels like the purpose of this book was to act as a memoir and proof of Rumelt's strategic genius. There were surely some nuggets of wisdom, but it's easy to see what worked when reviewing in hindsight. Making smart, strategic decisions in the moment isn't always as easy or obvious as it may later seem. I found the book inapplicable for 99% of the population and far too drawn out. This is a "should have been a blog post" book.
🤓 You should read this if you own or are a leader in a mega corporation? Alternatively, I'd recommend "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel or "Oversubscribed" by Daniel Priestley.
📕 This book is a guide by a professional strategist, that aims to teach its readers to identify good and bad strategy. Using many examples from his own work and from history, Rumelt shares common pitfalls people fall into, such as setting goals without having an action plan for getting there. The strategies discussed here range from corporate to military to show us how to properly think through solving a problem.
⭐️⭐️ 2/5: I had trouble putting my finger on exactly what bothered me about this book, but another Goodreads reviewer summed it up perfectly: it feels like the purpose of this book was to act as a memoir and proof of Rumelt's strategic genius. There were surely some nuggets of wisdom, but it's easy to see what worked when reviewing in hindsight. Making smart, strategic decisions in the moment isn't always as easy or obvious as it may later seem. I found the book inapplicable for 99% of the population and far too drawn out. This is a "should have been a blog post" book.
🤓 You should read this if you own or are a leader in a mega corporation? Alternatively, I'd recommend "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel or "Oversubscribed" by Daniel Priestley.