Blindsided: How to Spot the Next Breakthrough That Will Change Your Business

Experts predict that 80 percent of the technology that will be in use in our day-to-day lives 10 years from now hasn't been invented yet. Over two-thirds of the Fortune 500 companies from 35 years ago have vanished due to 'blindsiding.' Jim Harris offers a diet of four strategic tools to help secure your company's ongoing vitality and growth. First you must understand the laws governing the future. He offers 12 of these... Read Full Review

This is one of the best books I have read so far. The author was prolific in his writing and contains very rich contents. He has very explicitly shared his experience throughout the book. The books gives good insight about the American music industry and how companies like napster, netscape really skinned through the time. Also microsoft, IBM and, Dell. Amongst all the case studies quoted, CISCO was the best and it was excellent... Read Full Review

Jim's book offers extrordinary insights and research. He has delved deep into the complex psychie of the corporate strategic misfires. Read it and see why he is asked to speak to many organizations yearly on change and managment. Pay attention to the parts about Kodak and Microsoft. Your orgainzation may not be in the technology industry but this means you need to read this book more. From volunteer organizations to small... Read Full Review

In Blindsided, change expert Jim Harris discusses the startling way some major companies got "blindsided" - caught with their antenna down by fast-moving technological changes that undermined their businesses. He fills you in on how change works, and works quickly. Then, as if to make you feel better, he offers practical techniques that superior companies use to avoid being walloped. Harris tells you (consider this a warning)... Read Full Review