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The 50 Most Influential Management Gurus

First Friday Book Synopsis

Below are the results for 2011. Christensen is the Kim B. Every two years, the Thinkers50 publishes their definitive list of management thinkers. For classic HBR content from this year’s winners, please click here.

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The Best Business Books Ever: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Best Business Books Ever: The Most Influential Management Books You’ll Never Have Time to Read Basic Books (2011) Note: This review is of a book published earlier this year. It is a sequel to one published in 2003. What we have here is a series of brief discussions “the most influential management books you’ll [.].

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The Making of an Innovation Master

Harvard Business Review

I first met Dediu when we did an engagement with Nokia back in 2004. The duo (who are affiliated with Innosight) wrote a great book with Clayton Christensen last year called The Innovator's DNA. His 2011 book, The Lean Startup , is a must read. Horace Dediu. Jeffrey Dyer and Hal Gregersen. Peter Sims.