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Books like Microsoft Secrets

12 books with a reading profile close to Microsoft Secrets by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

by Jim Collins

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

Jim Collins and Jerry Porras compare eighteen enduring "visionary" corporations against a control group of similar competitors to identify why certain organizations thrive for decades.
2

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

by Jim Collins

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

Jim Collins and his research team analyzed twenty-eight companies over five years to identify why certain organizations achieved elite financial performance while others stayed mediocre.
3

Moneyball

by Michael Lewis

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy

Michael Lewis tracks the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their general manager, Billy Beane, as they attempt to compete against wealthy franchises on a restricted budget.
4

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.
5

The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More

by Chris Anderson

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

Chris Anderson explains the shift from a hit-driven culture to a niche-driven economy enabled by digital distribution.
6

Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

by David A. Sinclair

Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, data driven

David Sinclair proposes that aging is a treatable medical condition rather than an inevitable biological decay.
7

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

by W. Chan Kim

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

W.
8

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

by Bill Gates

Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, data driven

Bill Gates outlines a technological and economic roadmap to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
9

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.
10

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

by Jane Mayer

Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, data driven

Jane Mayer tracks the decades-long evolution of a coordinated political network funded by ultraconservative billionaires, most notably Charles and David Koch.
11

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

by Geoffrey A. Moore

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

Geoffrey A.
12

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.

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