We are going to start a series of posts on the book Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras. As of the writing of this post its only $13.23 for new and $11.60 for used. Both prices are from Amazon.com. It is definitely worth the money as you will soon see through our chapter by chapter walk through the book. So join the conversation and get the book! You can check out the previous posts here.
Preserve the Core/Stimulate Progress- Chatper 4
I have been greatly encouraged by reading Built to Last. Through reading through Built to Last I have noticed that I keep needing to work on my projects. I see all of what these visionary companies have done and I want to do just that. I end up putting the book down and working on a project then coming back to it. Makes for reading the book difficult to say the least. In the fourth chapter of Built to Last the chapter discusses how to combine the importance of preserving the Core and stimulating progress. Among all of the visionary companies they continued to improve and press forward. They knew that they had to change and not just become static. Becoming static is the most destructive factor in business. If you are not moving forward and changing your company is just rolling backward and your competitors will over take you. This was helpful because I knew that moving forward was important but having this type of confirmation is always helpful. The authors describe the play between Preserving the Core and Stimulating Progress as equally important.
Built to Last – Chapter 4
We are going to start a series of posts on the book Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras. As of the writing of this post its only $13.23 for new and $11.60 for used. Both prices are from Amazon.com. It is definitely worth the money as you will soon see through our chapter by chapter walk through the book. So join the conversation and get the book! You can check out the previous posts here.
Preserve the Core/Stimulate Progress- Chatper 4
I have been greatly encouraged by reading Built to Last. Through reading through Built to Last I have noticed that I keep needing to work on my projects. I see all of what these visionary companies have done and I want to do just that. I end up putting the book down and working on a project then coming back to it. Makes for reading the book difficult to say the least. In the fourth chapter of Built to Last the chapter discusses how to combine the importance of preserving the Core and stimulating progress. Among all of the visionary companies they continued to improve and press forward. They knew that they had to change and not just become static. Becoming static is the most destructive factor in business. If you are not moving forward and changing your company is just rolling backward and your competitors will over take you. This was helpful because I knew that moving forward was important but having this type of confirmation is always helpful. The authors describe the play between Preserving the Core and Stimulating Progress as equally important.