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The Power Of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things In Motion (2010)

by John Hagel III(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0465019358 (ISBN13: 9780465019359)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Basic Books

review 1: There is an overall theme to this book that is important, critical even, to large, established businesses that are struggling to increase their relevance and improve innovation. While the ideas in the book may be clear to those of us who, as described by John Hagel, live on or near the edge; it is not clear to mainstream businesses. This may sadden some of us given that the Web is now 25 years old, but it remains true. I choose to believe the negative reviews of this book overlook this fact and focus on the obvious nature of the message: a few influential, well-informed people can have a big impact; rather than the significance the message can have as a hiring strategy.Yes. This could have been a long-ish article in a business magazine and has some amount of filler, bu... moret it is useful as a manual of sorts for unfamiliar with how ideas and people move freely across the Web.I found the theme to be one of the most important that I've read since the Cluetrain Manifesto, which was also largely self-evident to those of use who were already living on the Web in 2000 but nonetheless groundbreaking.If you've read Geoffery Moore's "Escape Velocity" and wondered how you can move a horizon 2 business to horizon 3; I think Hagel prthose ovides an idea that will help.
review 2: I'm having a really tough time staying focused on this book. As other reviewers have commented, there doesn't seem to be enough "meat" and the last few "Idea Books" that I've read have gone by really fast, with me coming back excited for more every time I get some free reading time. This one actually has been putting me to sleep...I think I've read the same page 4 times now. The slog is getting to be too much for me and I have a stack of other far more interesting books waiting for me on my "To Read" list - this one is getting returned to the shelf. less

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