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Books like Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

12 books with a reading profile close to Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

    Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

    by Geoffrey A. Moore

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical

    Geoffrey A.

  2. 2 The Personal MBA

    The Personal MBA

    by Josh Kaufman

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical

    Josh Kaufman argues that business competence depends on mastering a specific set of mental models rather than holding a graduate degree.

  3. 3 Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

    Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

    by Roger Fisher

    Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, analytical

    Getting to Yes introduces principled negotiation, a four-point strategy developed via the Harvard Negotiation Project.

  4. 4 The Pragmatic Programmer

    The Pragmatic Programmer

    by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical

    The Pragmatic Programmer focuses on the technical and philosophical habits that define professional software engineering.

  5. 5 The Lean Startup

    The Lean Startup

    by Eric Ries

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical

    Eric Ries argues that startups fail when they rely on traditional business plans and long-term market research to predict consumer behavior.

  6. 6 Microsoft Secrets

    Microsoft Secrets

    by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Michael A.

  7. 7 The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

    The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

    by Erin Meyer

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · practical, analytical

    Erin Meyer introduces a diagnostic system for navigating cultural differences through eight specific scales: communicating, evaluating, persuading, leading, deciding, trusting, disagreeing, and scheduling.

  8. 8 The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

    The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

    by Thomas L. Friedman

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Thomas L.

  9. 9 The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

    The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

    by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, business strategy

    Alex Rogo manages a failing production plant and faces a ninety-day deadline to return it to profitability or see it closed.

  10. 10 The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business

    The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business

    by Clayton M. Christensen

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Clayton Christensen explains why profitable, well-managed corporations lose their market dominance when faced with specific types of technological shifts.

  11. 11 Abundance

    Abundance

    by Ezra Klein

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Ezra Klein examines the structural hurdles preventing the United States from building the infrastructure, housing, and clean energy technology required for a functional future.

  12. 12 Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

    by Robert B. Cialdini

    Also growth-minded and clear-cut · practical, analytical

    Robert Cialdini identifies six psychological principles that drive human compliance: reciprocity, commitment and consistency, social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity.

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