D Anthony: 190 books

Innovation may be the hottest discipline around today-in business circles and beyond. And for good reason. Innovation transforms companies and markets. It’s the key to solving vexing social problems. And it makes or breaks professional careers. For all the enthusiasm the topic inspires, however,...

Introducing the Four Components That Make Innovation Repeatable Even the best-performing companies eventually stall. Sustaining momentum-and remaining a great growth company-takes a system. Scott Anthony and David Duncan call this system a “Growth Factory.” They’ve seen it work...

Experts agree: The turbulence triggered by the economic shock of 2008 constitutes the "new normal." Unfortunately, too many managers have become paralyzed by it, capable only of slashing costs indiscriminately. Though examining spending during recessions makes sense, the smartest...

Game-changing disruptions will likely unfold on your watch. Be ready. In Dual Transformation, Scott Anthony, Clark Gilbert, and Mark Johnson propose a practical and sustainable approach to one of the greatest challenges facing leaders today: transforming your business in the face of imminent...

You have a great idea, now what? That first mile-where an innovation moves from an idea on paper to the market-is often plagued by failure. In fact, less than one percent of ideas launched by big companies end up having real impact. The ideas aren’t the problem. It’s the process. The...

Necromancer Mortimer Leblanc passes through town to start over again. Old friends have other ideas and greet him with a finger-bone, a bullet, and a promise of treasure. Sometimes, dead things should remain buried and old friendships shouldn't be renewed.

Every day, individuals take action based on how they believe innovation will change industries. Yet these beliefs are largely based on guesswork and incomplete data and lead to costly errors in judgment. Now, internationally renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen and his research partners...

In the small town of Voxmere, a banshee cries for the sins of a buried, forgotten past. Haunting the inn she once loved, Rose can only do what she knows best — serve her customers with a warm smile before before a fit of rage and desperation overtakes her. But the living want nothing to do with her. Only Mortimer Leblanc can save her, but first he must figure out who murdered her.

Fat, cranky sex. Doesn't sound all that great, does it? The truth is, these three things—your weight, mood, and your sex life—are crucial elements of a great life at any age, but especially now that you're in the best years of your life. And they are the three elements that, when improperly calibrated,...

Every November, writers around the globe participate in National Novel Writing Month, the yearly challenge to complete a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. The experience and thrill of fast paced novel writing is both amazing fun and daunting at the same time. But in the exhilarating mad dash to...

More than a decade ago, Clayton Christensen's breakthrough book The Innovator's Dilemma illustrated how disruptive innovations drive industry transformation and market creation. Christensen's research demonstrated how growth-seeking incumbents must develop the capability to deflect disruptive attacks...

The actions of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) constitute one of the most misunderstood components of the animal advocacy movement in the U.K. and U.S. Not so much an organization as an ever-changing cluster of individuals who free animals from laboratories, farms, and other animal-confinement facilities,...

The lost, the damned, and the wrongfully dead...    The Erinyes walk the streets at night, avenging the murdered and bringing swift justice to the murderers. But when Marion discovers the true nature of her latest cases, she finds a hidden cult worshiping an ancient evil bent on humankind's destruction. Only she can bring vengeance.

☆亞馬遜年度10****大好書 ☆《公司》雜誌好評推薦 ** ** 應用破壞性創新的思維架構，有系統檢視產業訊號 分辨機會與衝擊，預測賽局的變化方向 五大產業深入解析，見證產業創新的策略演進 避免落入看不見顛覆、看不懂趨勢的敗部循環   市場冒出新服務，只是曇花一現、無法長久的噱頭，還是即將顛覆市場的新勢力？ 新技術出現，是機會還是威脅？誰會受害、誰將得利？又將如何改變產業的發展？許多破壞性創新一開始都非常不起眼，該如何判斷後續衝擊？   判斷趨勢，需要有系統的思考架構 ** ** 克里斯汀生是全球最受推崇的創新大師，他的破壞性創新理論是《經濟學人》評為有史以來最重要的六大管理著作之一，尤其當今無一產業不面臨被科技顛覆的威脅。   本書是克里斯汀生以破壞性創新理論為觀察環境與思考策略的架構，從外而內，幫助經理人及早辨識出新技術的衝擊方向，預測產業變化，選定企業在未來競爭中的最有利位置，分為三大部分：   辨識產業變化跡象：知道該注意什麼，就能在即將改變產業的企業崛起之前，看出端倪。 評估競爭戰役：攻擊者與在位者的近身肉搏戰，誰的勝算高？ 影響交戰結果的策略選擇：掌握把賽局扳向對自己有利的方法，對抗挑戰者。   同時以教育、航空、半導體、醫療保健與電信產業為例，深入分析破壞力量如何改變產業、攻擊者如何掐住在位企業的咽喉，透過實際的案例，幫助每個企業思考什麼是威脅？什麼是機會？什麼創新是沒有用？如何在產業成長中掌握商機？   即使沒有受過產業訓練的經理人，也可以應用這套架構，更清晰的思考創新，見微知著，擬定策略。   華碩電腦董事長...