Eclicktick Recommended Books

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="3a1fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Eclicktick Consulting</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eclicktick Consulting"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Eclicktick Recommended Books</B>   |   <A HREF="interview_with_bob_sutton.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interview with Bob Sutton"><U>Interview with Bob Sutton</U></A>   |   <A HREF="weird_ideas_that_work_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Weird Ideas That Work "><U>Weird Ideas That Work </U></A>   |   <A HREF="not_the_same_old_waltz.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Not the same old waltz"><U>Not the same old waltz</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Managing The Ecosystem For Innovation"><U>Managing The Ecosystem For Innovation</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="3a2d2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="16fae830.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="131" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Just kidding. We actually aren't as decorated as these two participants at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2001.</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Eclicktick Recommended Books</I></div> <div> <A HREF="whitepapers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Free White Papers"><U><B>Return to white paper listing</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Editors: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto: RandallPublishing@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: RandallPublishing@aol.com"><U><U>Robert Randall</U></U></A></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto: alistair@eclicktick.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: alistair@eclicktick.com"><U><U>Alistair Davidson</U></U></A></FONT>.</div> <div> Version date: February 17, 2003</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Click on the title of the book to go directly to the Amazon page for the book where you can get more information or purchase the book.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Ones we are partial to, because we, at Eclicktick, were involved in creating them:</B></div> <bR> <div> Davidson, Alistair: <I>Turn Around: A brief guide to starting, growing and turning around a software and Internet company</I>, Eclicktick E-Book, 2001, available free at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.eclicktick.com/turnaround.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eclicktick.com/turnaround.pdf"><U><U>www.eclicktick.com/turnaround.pdf</U></U></A></FONT> . </div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The title says it all. This book is an “airplane read” that covers all the basic rules of thumb that you need to remember. And if you don’t like it or have an example or anecdote, let us know. Perhaps we can incorporate your rule of thumb or story into a later version of the e-book.</I> </div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571120998/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1"><U><IMG SRC="14441600.png" border=0 width="65" height="96" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Davidson, Alistair; Gellman, Harvey and Chung, Mary: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571120998/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1"><U><I><U>Riding the Tiger</U></I></U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571120998/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1"><U>,</U></A> HarperCollins Canada 1997 in hardback or Jist 1999 in paperback.</div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> Fahey, Liam and Randall, Robert (editors): <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471303526/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>Learning from the future. Competitive foresight scenarios</U></I></U></A></FONT>, Wiley, 1998. </div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> Fahey, Liam and Randall, Robert: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471584983/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>The Portable MBA on Strategy</U></I></U></A></FONT>, Second Edition, Wiley 2001.</div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy Classics</B></div> <bR> <div> Abell, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0029001455/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><U>Managing with Dual Strategies</U></U></A></FONT> , Free Press, 1993.</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The challenge of dealing with the old business and the emerging business.</I> </div> <div> Rating: ***</div> <bR> <div> Eccles, Robert; Herz, Robert; Keegan, Mary; and Phillips, David: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471398799/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><U>The Value Reporting Revolution.Moving Beyond the Earnings Games</U></U></A></FONT>, Wiley, 2000. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A surprising piece of research about how reporting your value drivers can increase shareholder value. </div> <div> Rating: Currently unrated.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Hamel, Gary:</I></FONT><I><U> </U></I><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578511895/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1"><U><I><U>Leading the Revolution</U></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>, HBS Press, 2000.</I></FONT></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An inspirational book about innovation from the author of </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0875847161/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>Competing for the Future</U></I></U></A></FONT><I>, with co-author C. Prahalad, HBS Press, 1996. Books you need to read if your company has forgotten about critical success factors, capabilities and the non-financial view of strategy.</I> </div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> Kaplan, Robert, and Norton, David, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0875846513/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action</U></I></U></A></FONT>, HBS Press, 1996.</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A business classic that integrates the financial and strategic view of business. Two Harvard Business Review articles summarize the work for the time constrained.</I> </div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Geoffrey Moore, </FONT><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0066620023/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customer</U></I></U></A><I><U>s</U></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, HarperBusiness, 1999.</FONT></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A simple idea. Early stage customers are different than the customers who emerge as a market begins to grow.</I> </div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> Porter, Michael: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684841487/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><U>Competitive Strategy</U></U></A></FONT> , September 1993, Free Press</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">One of the most famous strategy books ever written. Porter provides a key framework for looking at markets. He introduces the five forces model view of the structure of markets and the notion that there are three ways of succeeding in business, niching, low cost production and branding. The book however, fails to anticipate strategies based upon high quality, low cost positions.</I> </div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> Porter, Michael: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684841460/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><U>Competitive Advantage</U></U></A></FONT> , Free Press, 1993.</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Even more significant that Competitive Strategy, Competitive Advantage introduces the notion of the value chain. Companies have activity chains each component of which creates value. Value perceptions vary by segment. Each activity has potentially scale, scope/complexity, capacity utilization and experience/learning curve cost drivers. The book misses the importance of product life cycles and time based management.</I> </div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> Tracey, Michael; and Wiersema, Fred: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201407191/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><U>The Discipline of Market Leaders</U></U></A></FONT>, Perseus, 1997.</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Software is not the only way of achieving leadership. There are three kinds of leadership: product, process and customer intimacy. Must reading for the technophile. Technology leadership is not the only solution to building a great business.</I> </div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> <B>Technology Classics</B></div> <bR> <div> Frederick Brooks: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201835959/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>The Mythical Man Month and Other Essays On Software Engineering</U></I></U></A></FONT>, Addison-Wesley, Second Edition, 1995.</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Mythical Man Month essay in this book is one of the most important essays in software engineering on the importance of small project teams. However, for most people, this book will be of historical interest only.</I> </div> <div> Rating: **</div> <bR> <div> Chandler, Alfred: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-9482136-8926437" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search"><U>Inventing the Electronic Century</U></A>: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronic and Computer Industries, Free Press, 2001</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">History of the growth of the consumer electronics and computer history by the author of the Pulitzer winning, The Visible Hand. For those that like to put trends in context, this book highlights the importance of organization learning and the development of clusters of expertise.</div> <div> Rating: ***</div> <bR> <div> Cooper, Alan: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/002-9482136-8926437" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search"><U>The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High-Tech Products Drive US Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity.</U></A> SAMS, 1999.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A passionate argument for the importance of design in reducing development costs, increasing customer satisfaction and building better technology.</div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> Davidson, Alistair, Gellman, Harvey, and Chung, Mary: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571120998/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1"><U><I><U>Riding the Tiger</U></I></U></A></FONT>, Jist Publications 1999, HarperCollins Canada 1997.</div> <div> A guide to best practices in exploiting information technology, <B><U>Riding the Tiger</U></B> is designed for the general manager who is trying to avoid making the normal mistakes that most projects experience. 60-80% of software projects are cancelled, late, over budget or deliver less value than expected. <B><U>Riding the Tiger</U></B> is filled with practical advice on selecting projects, setting policies, and project management approaches that will produce better results. The second author on the book, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.cipa.com/halloffame/gelman.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cipa.com/halloffame/gelman.ht"><U><U>Harvey Gellman</U></U></A></FONT> is famous in Canada. He was the first person to literally buy a computer in 1952 in Canada. As a result, he holds a number of historical Canadian firsts including:</div> <bR> <div> The first person to buy a computer.</div> <div> The first person to run a computer program.</div> <div> The first person to have to write a printer driver.</div> <div> The first person to get a Ph. D. with a computer.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">He was one of the earliest computer consultants in the 1950s and remains, in retirement, a charming and wise man.</div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> Lessig, Lawrence: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375726446/qid=1036002119/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-9629023-5827304" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U>The Future of Ideas</U></A> Vintage Books, 2002.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lessig's book is probably the important book about the Internet that we have ever read. It is a lucid and compelling book of high readability. It addresses the critical issue of how to maintain the innovation that the Internet has triggered. It's hard to imagine that a book about intellectual property could be so interesting and compelling. It's a must read for every Congressman, Senator and Supreme Court Justice.</div> <div> Rating *****</div> <bR> <div> Nielsen, Jakob: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156205810X/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1"><U><I><U>Designing Web Usability</U></I></U></A></FONT>, New Riders Publishing, 2000</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Superb book on user interface design from the partner of Donald Norman, whose work such </I>The Psychology of Everyday Things<I> is also fascinating. While you may not read the whole book, it is a key reference book for anyone designing or managing web sites.</I> </div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> Norman, Donald: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465067093/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>The Psychology of Everyday Things</U></I></U></A></FONT><I>, HarperCollins 1998.</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fascinating review of design issues with particular relevance to industrial and software design.</I> </div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sales Classics</B></div> <bR> <div> Rackham, Neal: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0070511136/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><U>SPIN Selling</U></U></A></FONT>, McGraw Hill, 1998.</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A must own for anyone doing large account sales or sales in general. If the test of a book is how fast I keep having to buy it, this is a book, I keep lending to people and not getting back. (AD)</I> </div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> <B>Innovation and New Product Classics</B></div> <bR> <div> Cooper, Robert, <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201563819/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>Winning at New Products</U></I></U></A></FONT>, Perseus, 1993</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">One of a number of good books by Cooper on increasing the probability of new product success. While focused on companies in general, it deals with the notions of stage gate new product processes, time to market issues and the importance of cross-disciplinary teams. For more information on assessing your product proposal using his research, visit </I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><U>www.eclicktick.com/newproduct.htm</U></I></FONT><I> </I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A must own for any firm.</I> </div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> Davidson, Alistair, Gellman, Harvey, and Chung, Mary: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1571120998/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1"><U><I><U>Riding the Tiger</U></I></U></A></FONT>, Jist Publications 1999, HarperCollins Canada 1997.</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The strategic selection of information management projects and best practices in project management for the information technology project.</I> </div> <div> Rating: *****</div> <bR> <div> Kawasaki, Guy and Moreno, Michele: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/088730995X/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>Rules for Revolutionaries</U></I></U></A></FONT>, HarperCollins, 2000</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Good advice on innovation for Internet and software companies.</I> </div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> <B>New and Recommended</B></div> <bR> <div> Gladwell, Malcolm: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316316962/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I><U>The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make Big Difference</U></I></U></A></FONT>, Little, Brown and Company, 2000.</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An examination of the how things change. The difference between Connectors, Mavens and Salesmen. A fascinating short read that anyone interested in viral marketing should own.</I> </div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> Raymond, Eric: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565927249/alistadavidsshom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1"><U><I><U>The Cathedral and the Bazaar</U></I></U></A></FONT><I>,</I> O’Reilley & Associates, 1999 and 2000</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An alternative view of software development that may be appealing to companies with products where service, consulting, content and maintenance revenues offer a viable economic strategic alternative to more traditional product sales pricing and software development. First published on the Internet and widely circulated, now available in book form.</I> </div> <div> <I>Rating: *****</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Sutton, Robert: </I><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743212126/qid%3D1008032072/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/102-1928732-7162503" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I>Weird Ideas That Work - 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing and Sustaining Innovation</I></U></A><I>, Free Press, 2001</I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A delightful book on how to encourage innovation in your organization. It is sure to annoy the conservative. Excellent read. Read </I><A HREF="http://www.eclicktick.com/SuttonReview.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eclicktick.com/SuttonReview.p"><U><I>review from Strategy and Leadership magazine</I></U></A><I>, reproduced by permission in Acrobat pdf format..</I></div> <div> <I>Rating: *****</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="interview_with_bob_sutton.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interview with Bob Sutton"><U><I>Link to interview with Sutton by Alistair Davidson from Strategy and Leadership.</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="weird_ideas_that_work_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Weird Ideas That Work "><U><I>Link to review of Weird Ideas That Work from Strategy and Leadership.</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Lessig, Lawrence: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375726446/qid=1036002119/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-9629023-5827304" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U>The Future of Ideas</U></A> Vintage Books, 2002.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lessig's book is probably the important book about the Internet that we have ever read. It is a lucid and compelling book of high readability. It addresses the critical issue of how to maintain the innovation that the Internet has triggered. It's hard to imagine that a book about intellectual property could be so interesting and compelling. It's a must read for every Congressman, Senator and Supreme Court Justice.</div> <div> <I>Rating: *****</I></div> <bR> <div> Gerstner, Louis:<I> </I><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060523794/qid=1037651623/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-9164437-1067158" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0"><U><I>Who says elephants can't dance?</I></U></A><I> </I>HarperBusiness, 2002.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A highly readable story of the IBM turnaround by its CEO. If you think strategy doesn't matter, then read this book. Gerstner's turnaround is based upon sound strategic thinking, cultural change and the importance of understanding what customers really care about.</div> <div> <A HREF="not_the_same_old_waltz.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Not the same old waltz"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Book review</U></A> Not the same old walz by Alistair Davidson.</div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> Chesbrough, Henry: <U>Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting From Technology, HBS Press</U>, to be published April 2003</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A lucid examination of open innovation, i.e. when companies source innovations internally, externally and from customers. It contains useful profiles and models for understanding Xerox PARC and a number of its spin off companies, IBM, Lucent, Bell Laboratories, Intel and Merck.</div> <div> Rating: ****</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Managing The Ecosystem For Innovation"><U>Review </U></A>of book, in publication, Strategy and Leadership magazine</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Benko, Cathleen and McFarlan, F. Warren: <U>Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times</U>, HBS Press, to be published March 2003.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A book with similar themes to "Riding the Tiger", but with high readibility and packaging. Major themes of the the book revolve around the need to balance the portfolio of information management projects with short term and long term objectives. The authors introduce the notion of traits or capabilities that will sustain a company through the uncertain future. They also emphasize what is by now conventional wisdom, the notion of evolutionary development. Suitable for a non-technical reader.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Internet Related</I></div> <div> Collier, Harry and Arnold, Stephen: <A HREF="http://www.infonortics.com/searchengines/search2.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infonortics.com/searchengines"><U><U>Search Engines: Evolution and Diffusion</U></U></A>,  http://www.infonortics.com/searchengines/search2.pdf, January 2003</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Good background material on search engines for those who have wondered about them or are trying to figure out the market.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Contact Information</B></div> <div> Alistair Davidson</div> <div> Eclicktick Corporation</div> <div> 29 Clinton Street, Suite 305</div> <div> Land Line: +1-650-298-9077</div> <div> Mobile: +1-415-225-8610</div> <div> Fax: +1-707-924-2472</div> <div> E-mail: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:alistair@eclicktick.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:alistair@eclicktick.com"><U><U>alistair@eclicktick.com</U></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.eclicktick.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.eclicktick.com"><U><U>www.eclicktick.com</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div>   <script> var page_name = ''; var invisible = ''; function sE(){return true;}window.onError=sE;var lp=0; function clr(){lp++;if(lp==1){document.ctr.src="http://64.49.222.57/0.gif";} else {clearTimeout(myT);return true;}} var myT=setTimeout('clr()',120000);var rn=Math.random(); document.write('<a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats.shtml?alistairdavidson"'); document.write(' target="new"><img name="ctr"'); document.write(' src="http://www.web-stat.com/count.cgi?'); document.write('alistairdavidson::'+top.document.referrer); if (window.screen){ document.write('::'+screen.width+'x'+screen.height+'::'); document.write(screen.colorDepth+'::'+page_name+'::'+invisible+'::'+rn); }else{document.write('::::::page_name::'+invisible+'::'+rn);} document.write('" onError="clr();" onAbort="clr();"'); document.write(' onLoad="clearTimeout(myT);"'); document.write('border=0 alt="Web-Stat hit counter"></a>'); </script><noscript> <a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats.shtml?alistairdavidson" target="new"> <img src="http://www.web-stat.com/count.cgi?alistairdavidson::NoJavaScript" border=0> </a> </noscript>   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>