A good way to get a glimpse at Kaplan Norton.Not a big fan of the 2 first summaries: "Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change" and "Competing on Analytics", they tend to turn out obsolete

Yeah... no. So, I got this as part of a boxed set. The HBR 10 Must Reads series are basically reprints of articles from HBR. The Essentials contain articles from the other books in the same boxed set - there are duplicates. Kind of a bummer. Also, yes, some articles transcend time, but some don't, and these are really showing their age.

So few of the articles are relevant, with the average published +20 years ago. Peter Drucker’s “Managing Oneself” and Daniel Goleman’s “What Makes a Leader” will likely be the most helpful to others, since they don’t suffer from timeliness or lack the of, but if you’re picking up HBR’s Must Reads, stick to more recent publications.

I’m a historian thinking about a career change, and so I picked up the HBR “Best Reads” books in order to better understand the mentality of the modern corporation. As a trespasser in the world of business advice writing, there are lot of things about the genre that seem strange, notable, and different. I think my perspective can help clarify something about the larger mentality of corporate workers.One of the most surprising things to me about the book first was that there was a complete lack o...

The HBR must read series are a necessity for anyone starting into business leadership! Each book has 10 of the best articles published by Harvard Business School on the topic. The articles will inspire you and widen your horizon of business thinking. It will also help you understand what goes into making/ running a business. The book is filled with real life examples of companies (IBM, IKEA, Amazon... etc.) and their case studies which is so insightful.

Awesome book if you want to learn how to move into a management role without going to business school (which is a waste of time anyway).⠀⠀

Interesting stuff. Some of the material did feel a bit dated, but overall it was a decent broad introduction to some key business concepts and ways of thinking.

Plenty of concrete practical lessons.Although some articles are over 30 years old, they still carry valuable insights. Nevertheless, their validity in current times needs to be question and analysed.

The Drucker article is four stars, the others 1–3. Some ok stuff on innovation, but this material is covered more clearly and fully in The Innovator's Dilemma (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...). Scattered good ideas around what makes company strategy successful (increasing mutual fit of differentiating behaviors, investing in core competencies) that were probably revelatory in the 80's and 90's but are now conventional wisdom you'll pick up in your first few years in industry. Skip the b...

Academically intriguing!

A collection of HBR's top reads from the past 20 (yes 20) years. I'm fortunate that through my work I've already come across much of the content - for those less familiar, this will be a much more engaging read than it was for me. 3.5 stars if I could.

The articles can go back to the 60s-80s but they are still super valuable!I would say this is a great read, though, if you can get just the articles you are interested in, you might be better off :)Always good food for thoughts!

Good introductory essays on several core management ideas however they are somewhat dated. One gem written in 1960, "Marketing Myopia", is rather prescient given the current focus on customers although the oil industry somehow rages on.

The content is good and still valid today. It's a good book for a macro view on *management* strategies and characteristics for big compaines. Would not recommend for someone who wants to learn more about business overall or enterpreunership to start something.

I just invested in myself with the HBR’S 10 Must Reads Collection by Harvard Business Review Press. This series is really good because each book has 10 of the best articles published by Harvard University on each topic. I think it is a must read for any ambitious manager, new or experienced leader.It is easy to read, each book has approximately 300 pages. Each chapter is an article from great authors such as Peter F. Drucker, Theodore Levitt, Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton and others. One of

It was my first book of HBR'S 10 Must Reads. I did struggle with quite a few articles, but some I really enjoyed. The few topics I did enjoy and I guess they haven't aged as much were on Emotional Intelligence, Change and Leadership, many of concepts discussed in those articles still apply today. However, Innovation, Marketing Myopia, Balance Scorecard, though great to look at historically, I was just not convinced many of those concepts are still relevant or used today. 6 of these articles were...

Only a few of the articles were interesting but not "must reads" for a business person. Perhaps the articles were novel at the time they were published. Since then, many of the insightful topics have been expanded into books. A business person would recognize some of the authors like Peter F. Drucker ("The Effective Executive"), Jim Collins ("Good to Great"), and Daniel Goleman ("Emotional Intelligence").

My boss invited me to join the firm's "Marketing & Strategy" team. Don't do that to me. I get excited, hit Amazon and order a pile of books on the subject. This is one of the books that came in a Harvard Business Review box set and seamed like a good place to start filling my brain with business related theory.It's ten essays / articles bundled under the title 'Essentials' and that's exactly what it is. Read this and you'll be able to hold your ground among the wannabe CEO/CTO/CFO/Cwhateverrocks...

My first introduction to HBR's 10 Must Reads and I have to say I'm quite impressed. There is a wide-ranging selection of ideas and articles that added real value to many business discussions I've had.There seem to be some slight variations in articles based on the edition of this book. The version I had had the following 10 articles.(1) Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael Overdorf(2) Competing on Analytics by Thomas H. Davenport(3) Managing Oneself by...

1.Meeting the challenge of disruptive change:Sustaining versus disruptive innovation – sustaining technologies are innovations that make a product better in ways that customers in the mainstream market already value; disruptive innovations create an entirely new market through the introduction of a new kind of product, one that’s actually worse, initially, as judged by the performance metrics that mainstream customers value.Industry leaders seldom successfully cope with or introduce disruptive i...