Bookwield
a large, tempting opportunity would take the company somewhere new, and the leadership team is split on whether it's growth or a detour.
Playing to Win · A.G. Lafley & Roger L. Martin · Built to Last · Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
something in your market has changed, the numbers are down, and the people around you disagree about whether it's temporary or structural.
Only the Paranoid Survive · Andrew S. Grove · Antifragile · Nassim Nicholas Taleb
a cheaper, simpler competitor is winning your smaller accounts, and the instinct in the room is to move upmarket and add features.
The Innovator's Dilemma · Clayton M. Christensen · Blue Ocean Strategy · W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
the business is working, someone asks what stops a bigger player copying you, and you don't have a good answer.
7 Powers · Hamilton Helmer · Competitive Strategy · Michael E. Porter
the first customers loved it, the next kind of customer keeps stalling, growth has gone flat, and the team wants to add features for everyone.
Crossing the Chasm · Geoffrey A. Moore · Zero to One · Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
the team has more "priorities" than people, everything is behind, and you need to choose what to stop rather than rank everything again.
Good to Great · Jim Collins · Steve Jobs · Walter Isaacson
a project has eaten real money and months, the results are ambiguous, and your team has split into 'it's early' and 'stop now.'
Thinking in Bets · Annie Duke · The Dip · Seth Godin
you've been handed a strategy deck full of targets and aspirations and can't work out what anyone is supposed to do differently on Monday.
Good Strategy Bad Strategy · Richard Rumelt · Playing to Win · A.G. Lafley & Roger L. Martin