Instant MBA: Think, perform and earn like a top business-school graduate (52 Brilliant Ideas)

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"Those who invest in thinking differently, in pulling ahead from the crowd, in constantly seeking fresh brilliant ideas are not just those who survive, but also those who thrive," according to Nicholas Bate in this book. The book contains the author's ideas of the essential parts of an MBA course, arranged into 52 short chapters, which could be studied at a rate of one per week for a year.

The book briefly covers a number of important ideas from Michael Porter, Peter Drucker, Jim Collins and other well-respected thought leaders, as well as some ideas from voices a bit closer to the lunatic fringe. Seven of the chapters are on concepts which the author describes as New World of Work Drivers: acceleration (increasing rate of change), automation, alternative shores (outsourcing), abundance (of choices), ambiguity (making the future unpredictable), anarchy (power is back with the people), and adrenaline (all of this causes fear). I found these chapters the most...Read more

Yet another remarkable book from Nicholas Bate.

If you are wanting to do an MBA one day or just want to be better in whatever you do, this book will give you direction, and guidance. As unlikely as it may sound, I found this book to be like a mentor. Your own personal one, whom you can turn to anytime... See, you can read it from cover to cover, but since it's logically divided into topics, you can just use it as a reference and flip it open at the topic you are wanting some direction in. And whenever you do so, you will find yourself motivated and acting upon brilliant advice.

Not only is this book an enjoyable read, but also a very useful one. Highly recommended.

I have been fan of Nicholas Bate's blog for several years. Bate is an author, a prolific blogger, a pioneer thought leader on business, life and productivity, a NLP Master Practitioner and a former Oxford University researcher. This book is a series of 52 lessons - each which is short, snappy and fun-to-read. The lessons are short but thoughtful (reminding me of my high school English teacher who explained that "any monkey can write a two or three pager, but try to distill your message down to its core essence in a paragraph or two and this takes real work- - here you have Nicholas Bate).

The book was published in 2008 but the ideas remain fresh. It is well written, fun-to-read and well organized. Bate offers common sense, practical, usable ideas that are often not found in MBA text books and guides. The book introduces the thought leadership from management giants like Porter, Drucker, Collins and others. I believe this book would benefit college students,...Read more