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Early work on what became viral marketing that defined mavens, connectors and salespeople as key to enabling the scaling of a product or idea.

Chris Zook’s and James Allen’s seminal article on maintaining your core while expanding into adjacencies, complete with “Six Ways to Grow into an Adjacent Space.”

How to avoid outcome-based decisions.

Excellent book told as a fable to explain the core elements of a high performing team.

Sinek builds on his Ted talk to define the Why or purpose of an organization as critical in an uncertain and changinmg environment as strategy is not enduring and people need a guide.

Classic on personal leadership and prioritization principles.

Their are givers and takers in the world. Be a smart giver and create more value.

In a team based world, this book provides a practical approach for coordinating teams. Context and transparency are critical.

This describes a simple but powerful tool for cutting quickly through the outward symptoms of a problem to reveal its underlying causes, so that you can deal with it once and for all.

A reminder that that competitive advantage is transient.

Duhigg gives an overview of elements of agility. Key drivers of productivity and uncertainty are discussed.

Straighforward approach to negotiation.

Research based approach to understand what makes ideas and products go viral.

An excellent example of how your customers don’t care what you do, they care about why you do it.

The Internet of Things has overtaken the consumer market and is on pace to do the same in business.

Finding the right balance is where many advisors struggle, but a good starting point is the “40-70 rule,” made famous by retired four-star general and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Describes the need for speed: How the current environment is one of endless acceleration.

We are drowning in a sea of information. Just how much? Take a look and see for yourself.

Speed matters in business – plus a high-velocity decision-making environment is more fun too.

Incredible visuals illustrating just how fast the current rate of change is. (2018, June 8)

Pink explains the importance of timing in decision-making and its impact on results.

The essential book on management from the man who invented the discipline

Good summary of how to spot trends and weak signals in your business to help identify the next wave.

Reveals how executives can develop 20/20 foresight – a view of the future that separates what can be known from what can’t.

For a quick dose of strategy in a complex world, take a look at Bain’s Beliefs.

Is the future going to be AI-oriented, and will humans be left out of it?

Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership — starting with a golden circle and the question: “Why?”

Long-standing performance indicators no longer show us the full picture. Scott Koerwer, Joe Perfetti and Michael Canning explore the metrics required for the digital age.

From moats to waves. Competitive advantage is transient and companies must constantly look for future waves.

This book gives straightforward concepts on how to make decisions under uncertainty and to think more probabilistically.

How a good decision can yield a less than optimal result.

Boeing’s failure of systems thinking.