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A review by jeffpowell
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. Rumelt
3.0
Quality of key points: 4/5
Richard has great points to share about “good strategy” and “bad strategy” in this book that many businesses would benefit greatly from. His emphasis on slowing down and defining the problem well before chasing a solution resonates well with my experience as a software engineer. Defining actions rather than goals was also well-received. I had some trouble understanding his recommendation of including a “guiding principle”.
Delivery of content: 3/5
Richard seems to prefer ensuring his points are well-supported by testing a given point against multiple various examples. This trades off making it easier to apply his advice to your circumstance with making the narrative seem long-winded and more prone to talking circles around the same conversational point. The quality of examples were high enough that I think he would have done fine even with half the examples in the book.
Richard has great points to share about “good strategy” and “bad strategy” in this book that many businesses would benefit greatly from. His emphasis on slowing down and defining the problem well before chasing a solution resonates well with my experience as a software engineer. Defining actions rather than goals was also well-received. I had some trouble understanding his recommendation of including a “guiding principle”.
Delivery of content: 3/5
Richard seems to prefer ensuring his points are well-supported by testing a given point against multiple various examples. This trades off making it easier to apply his advice to your circumstance with making the narrative seem long-winded and more prone to talking circles around the same conversational point. The quality of examples were high enough that I think he would have done fine even with half the examples in the book.