A Summary and Review of Good to Great by Jim Collins

My take on Good to Great

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Good to Great by Jim Collins is a book about why some companies become great while others merely remain good. At its core is the idea of the flywheel:

Flywheel from Good to Great by Jim Collins

The book is broken down into 9 chapters:

1. Good is the Enemy of Great
2. Level 5 Leadership
3. First Who… Then What
4. Confront the Brutal Facts (Yet Never Lose Faith)
5. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles)
6. A Culture of Discipline
7. Technology Accelerators
8. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop
9. From Good to Great to Built to Last

In the opening chapter, Good is the Enemy of Great, Collins discusses the four phases involved in the research for and creation of the book. He gives background information about how they chose the great companies and the comparison companies. Collins also shares summaries of the characteristics that they found consistent in good-to-great companies.

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