Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy
Richard P. Rumelt · 2011
83/100
👍 Worth It
UCLA professor Richard Rumelt does something most business books won't do: he names bad strategy plainly and shows exactly how it masquerades as the real thing. The diagnosis/guiding policy/coherent actions framework is simple enough to remember and sturdy enough to actually use. The Financial Times called it the most interesting business book of 2011, MBA programs assign it widely, and the praise has held up — this one earns its reputation.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety84
Substance / usefulness84
Craft & writing86
Originality79
Evidence & accuracy82
Hype vs delivers81
Age-fit86
👁 Human-eye gut-check81
Penny’s verdict83
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