Even in the age of the internet, Twitter, etc there is a particular joy in a good book. I am often asked for references and further reading about the topics on which I consult. Here is a selected list of some texts and papers I have particularly enjoyed. Perhaps you will also
Aaker, D. (1995, 4th ed.) Strategic market management. John Wiley & Sons: New York, New York
Collis, D.J. & Montgomery, C.A. (1998) Creating Corporate Advantage Harvard Business Review May-June, pp 70-83. (several articles on strategy in this issue)
David, F.R. (1997, sixth ed.) Concepts of strategic management. Simon & Schuster: New Jersey
De Gues, A. (1997) The living company: Growth, learning and longevity in business. Nicholas Brealey Publishing: London
Galpin, T.J. (1997) Making strategy work: Building sustainable growth capability. Jossey-Bass: San Fransisco, California
Hamel, G., & Prahalad, C.K. (1994) Competing for the Future. Harvard Business School Press: Boston, MA
Handy, C. (1996) Beyond Certainty. Harvard Business School Press: Boston, MA
Handy, C. (1995) The Empty Raincoat. Arrow Books
Handy, C. (2003) The Elephant and the Flea. Harvard Business School Press: Boston, MA
Kaplan, Robert S. & Norton, David P (1996) The Balanced Scorecard : Translating Strategy into Action Harvard Business School Press; ISBN: 0875846513 ; 322 pages
Kotter, J (2008) A sense of urgency Harvard Business Press: Boston, Massachusetts
Kotter, J,, & Rathberger, H. (2006) Our iceberg is melting Pan Macmillan
Kotter, J. (1996) Leading change Harvard Business School Press: Boston, Massachusetts
Jacobs, R.W. (1994) Real time strategic change: How to involve an entire organisation in fast and far reaching change. Berret-Koehler Publishers: San Fransisco
Levicki, C. (1996) The strategy workout: A journey to the heart of your business. Pitman Publishing: London
Maister, D. (2008) Strategy and the fat smoker The Spangle Press
Maister, D. (2001) The trusted advisor The Free Press
Maister, D. (2000) True professionalism The Free Press
Maister, D. (1997) Managing the professional service firm The Free Press
Ohmae, K. (1982) The mind of the strategist: The art of japanese business. McGraw-Hill: New York, New York
Porter, M.E. (2008) The five competitive forces that shape strategy. Harvard Business Review
Porter, M.E. (1998) Competitive Strategy : Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors The Free Press; ISBN: 0684841487 432 pages
Ries, A., & Trout, J. (2000) Positioning: The battle for your mind (20th Anniversary edition) McGraw-Hill earlier update in 1997 and original in 1980
Robert, Michel (1977 Revised edition) Strategy Pure & Simple II : How Winning Companies Dominate Their Competitors McGraw-Hill Book Company; ISBN: 0070531331- 269 pages
Schwartz, P. (1996) The Art of the Long View: Planning for the future in an uncertain world. An ABN publication from Prospect Publishing: St Leonards, Australia (the Australian edition) or Schwartz, P. (1991) The Art of the Long View: Planning for the future in an uncertain world. Doubleday: New York, New York
Stern, Carl W. (Editor), et al; (1998) Perspectives on Strategy : From the Boston Consulting GroupJohn Wiley & Sons (T); ISBN: 0471248339
Taleb, N. N. (2007) The Black Swan: The impact of the highly improbable Random House:
Van der Heijden, K. (1997) Scenarios: The art of strategic conversation. John Wiley & Sons: New York, New York
Wells, S. (1991) Choosing the future: The power of strategic thinking. Butterworth-Heinemann: Boston, MA
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John Sculley
"Expect the unexpected"
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons, but in seeing with new eyes"
Marcel Proust