Thinking Strategically
The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
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Narrated by:
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Mark Delgado
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By:
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Avinash K. Dixit
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The international best seller - don't compete without it!
A major best seller in Japan, Financial Times top-ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club best seller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneauvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and gambling. It outlines the basics of good strategy-making and then shows how you can apply them in any area of your life.
©1991 Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff (P)2013 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory - the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations, war and threats of war, criminal deterrence, extortion, tacit bargaining. It proposes enlightening similarities between, for instance, maneuvering in limited war and in a traffic jam; deterring the Russians and one's own children; the modern strategy of terror and the ancient institution of hostages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wow, brand new perspective...
- By Mike on 07-01-18
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Artificial Intelligence
- Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?
- By: Yorick Wilks
- Narrated by: Hannibal Hills
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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AI expert Yorick Wilks takes a journey through the history of artificial intelligence up to the present day, examining its origins, controversies, and achievements, as well as looking into just how it works. He also considers the future, assessing whether these technologies could menace our way of life and how we are all likely to benefit from AI applications in the years to come.
By: Yorick Wilks
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Split the Pie
- A Radical New Way to Negotiate
- By: Barry Nalebuff
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain, Jonathan Todd Ross, Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Negotiations are incredibly stressful and can bring out the worst in people. Wouldn’t it be better if there were a principled way to negotiate? Wouldn’t it be even better if there were a way to treat people fairly and get treated fairly in a negotiation? Split the Pie offers a new approach that does both—a field-tested method that reframes how negotiations play out. Barry Nalebuff, a professor at Yale School of Management, helps identify what’s really at stake in a negotiation: the “pie.” The negotiation pie is the additional value created through an agreement to work together.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Came cause of PIMA podcast but fairly disappointed
- By Joel S on 06-18-22
By: Barry Nalebuff
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The Fifth Discipline
- The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
- By: Peter M. Senge
- Narrated by: Peter M. Senge
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,885
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,357
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,347
Peter Senge's groundbreaking ideas on building organizations have made him a household name among corporate managers. His theories help businesses to clarify their goals, to defy the odds, to more clearly understand threats, and to recognize new opportunities. He introduces managers to a new source of competitive advantage, and offers a marvelously empowering approach to work.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Abridged books are inadequate
- By Greg on 02-26-08
By: Peter M. Senge
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The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking
- Leading Your Organization into the Future
- By: Michael D. Watkins
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 30
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Michael D. Watkins, an expert on leadership transitions and organizational success, returns to the page with a new how-to guide for the modern leader. Here, he presents the six disciplines that separate the great from the good. Developed over the course of his storied career, Watkins’ approach to strategic thinking—"a set of mental disciplines leaders use to recognize potential threats and opportunities, establish priorities, and mobilize themselves and their organizations to envision and enact promising paths forward”.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clear concepts
- By Armando Ascencio on 01-05-25
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Freakonomics
- Revised Edition
- By: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Narrated by: Stephen J. Dubner
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,302
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,383
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,368
Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they explore the hidden side of...well, everything. The inner working of a crack gang...the truth about real-estate agents...the secrets of the Klu Klux Klan. What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking, and Freakonomics will redefine the way we view the modern world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but be careful
- By Shackleton on 07-03-08
By: Steven D. Levitt, and others
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Basic Economics, Fifth Edition
- A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
- By: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 28 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 98
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In this fifth edition of Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on commonsense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell explains basic economic principles for the general public in plain English.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The book is great the narrators voice is distracting
- By Eve on 07-28-24
By: Thomas Sowell
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Playing to Win
- How Strategy Really Works
- By: Roger L. Martin, A.G. Lafley
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,400
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,109
Playing to Win, a noted Wall Street Journal and Washington Post best seller, outlines the strategic approach Lafley, in close partnership with strategic adviser Roger Martin, used to double P&G’s sales, quadruple its profits, and increase its market value by more than $100 billion when Lafley was first CEO (he led the company from 2000 to 2009). The book shows leaders in any type of organization how to guide everyday actions with larger strategic goals built around the clear, essential elements that determine business successwhere to play and how to win.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The P&G Story
- By lniles on 04-14-15
By: Roger L. Martin, and others
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Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
- The Difference and Why It Matters
- By: Richard Rumelt
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 961
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 796
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Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to - and approach for - overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by harnessing and applying power where it will have the greatest effect. Yet, Rumelt shows that there has been a growing and unfortunate tendency to equate Mom-and-apple-pie values, fluffy packages of buzzwords, motivational slogans, and financial goals with “strategy”.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but thin
- By G. London on 01-04-20
By: Richard Rumelt
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Superforecasting
- The Art and Science of Prediction
- By: Philip Tetlock, Dan Gardner
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,818
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,078
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,063
Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week's meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terrible forecasters. As Wharton professor Philip Tetlock showed in a landmark 2005 study, even experts' predictions are only slightly better than chance. However, an important and underreported conclusion of that study was that some experts do have real foresight.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for Experts
- By Michael on 02-20-17
By: Philip Tetlock, and others
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Your Next Five Moves
- Master the Art of Business Strategy
- By: Patrick Bet-David
- Narrated by: Patrick Bet-David
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6,968
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,988
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,941
From the creator of Valuetainment, the number-one YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of Principles) in business today, comes a practical and effective guide for thinking more clearly and achieving your most audacious professional goals.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mediocre; few actionable take-aways.
- By Michael on 10-31-20
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The Great Mental Models
- General Thinking Concepts
- By: Shane Parrish
- Narrated by: Shane Parrish
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,685
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,405
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,386
The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts is the first book in The Great Mental Models series designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand. This volume details nine of the most versatile all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making, your productivity, and how clearly you see the world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A dissapointing debut
- By Peter on 04-14-19
By: Shane Parrish
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The $100 Startup
- Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
- By: Chris Guillebeau
- Narrated by: Chris Guillebeau, Thomas Vincent Kelly
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,768
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,214
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,205
Still in his early 30s, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175 nations - and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back. In The $100 Startup, he tells you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose - and earn a good living.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This book is poison for new entrepreneurs
- By Nate Woodbury on 07-14-14
By: Chris Guillebeau
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Fooled by Randomness
- The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
- By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,914
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,574
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,552
This audiobook is about luck, or more precisely, how we perceive and deal with luck in life and business. It is already a landmark work, and its title has entered our vocabulary. In its second edition, Fooled by Randomness is now a cornerstone for anyone interested in random outcomes.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pass on this one and read The Black Swan
- By Wade T. Brooks on 06-25-12
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Thinking in Bets
- Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
- By: Annie Duke
- Narrated by: Annie Duke
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,231
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,260
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,220
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he called for a pass instead of a handing off to his star running back. The pass was intercepted, and the Seahawks lost. Critics called it the dumbest play in history. But was the call really that bad? Or did Carroll actually make a great move that was ruined by bad luck? Even the best decision doesn't yield the best outcome every time.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wasn't For Me
- By ❤️One.Crazy&Cool.Family❤️ on 09-04-18
By: Annie Duke
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
- By: Daniel Kahneman
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan
- Length: 20 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,703
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16,346
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,191
The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking. Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Difficult Listen, but Probably a Great Read
- By Mike Kircher on 01-12-12
By: Daniel Kahneman
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Psycho-Cybernetics
- Updated and Expanded
- By: Maxwell Maltz
- Narrated by: Matt Furey
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3,813
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,185
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,165
Since its first publication in 1960, Maltz's landmark best seller has inspired and enhanced the lives of more than 30 million readers. In this updated edition, with a new introduction and editorial commentary by Matt Furey, president of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, the original text has been annotated and amplified to make Maltz's message even more relevant for the contemporary audience.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read!
- By 🗣 ✳️ MASON'S REVIEWS ✳️ 🗣 on 08-29-17
By: Maxwell Maltz
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- Dr. J
- 07-19-13
Robotic performance!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend and will purchase the hardcopy as a great reference and case study product. The narration was just horrible. A wonderful and well-written text with a robot reader. Why would Audible subject their audience to this one--youck!
If you’ve listened to books by Avinash K. Dixit before, how does this one compare?
Not applicable.
How could the performance have been better?
Are you kidding? This performance can go nowhere but up. Terrible!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No.
Any additional comments?
This is a book that I found very interesting. The quantitative decision making process is one of my favorite process tostudy and theorize upon. Great illustrations. But buy the book, the narrator is like a robot. Sorry robots!
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- Sam Motes
- 06-20-13
Dominating read
A good layman's review of game theory including topics such as the prisoners dilemma and other strategies to negotiate for optimal outcomes. Key theory was put yourself in the other person's shoes and look ahead to know where they want to end up and the plan back to drive for your optional outcome.
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- Tom Marron
- 07-13-16
Don't buy as and audible book
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Not a good choice if you are going to listen to it as opposed to read it.
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- MS
- 02-22-17
Good content best suited for printed book Not Audio
This book has good content. It touches on a number of mathematical theories and illustrates their application with examples. This is essentially the content of the book and helps you to organize your thoughts objectively when assessing scenarios.
I do not recommend it as an audiobook, however. There are references made to graphical examples aligned with explanations that I'd guess are available on printed or soft version (non audio) version of the book itself. This makes it difficult to follow at times.
Good option to read & perhaps combined with audio to compliment it.
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- Robert F.
- 12-29-15
Game Theory
The author takes a narrow view of strategy. Although game theory is useful in understanding how a competitor may maneuver and this can be used to determine how best you can position yourself in anticipation or in reaction to an opponent's move, I'd argue this book is more about tactics than strategy.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Ben Smith
- 07-03-13
Diagram dependant, monotone narrator, still good
What made the experience of listening to Thinking Strategically the most enjoyable?
The content. There were dozens of casestudies that made it useful.
Would you be willing to try another one of Mark Delgado’s performances?
No. His performance was montone and dull at best.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. It required some digesting
Any additional comments?
Although I wished I had a copy of the actual book to see the diagrams and charts, it was still a good book and I'm glad I listened to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-06-22
order physical book as well
Best thing would be to additionally order physical copy for data and graph charts to follow theory.
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- Fred
- 12-02-13
Needs a PDF with charts to make the connections
Would you try another book from Avinash K. Dixit and/or Mark Delgado?
this book needs a PDF with charts to make the analysis easier to follow
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- Salomon
- 03-31-17
kind of ok for example of strategic thinking
Good enough for the case study but not inspiring. would have been more interesting with more methodology explained.
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- Toliman
- 11-27-19
Awful narrator.
The topic is interesting, but the narrator makes it difficult to follow. He reads way too fast and very monotonously.
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