On the bookshelves of the digerati
CHARLES H. FINE
author, Clockspeed.
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen. "This book describes case studies where dominant companies failed to respond to upstart technologies. I liked the idea that firms experience epochs of stability and of disruption. I think managers can identify with the 'dilemma' of how to satisfy customers with existing systems and also undermine customers with new disruptive technologies. Understanding this structure can help in those 'gale forces' of destruction."
TERY SPATARO
COO, Blue Dingo.
The Twilight of Sovereignty by Walter Wriston. "In this book, Wriston talks about how creating effective information systems will transform an organization. Right now we have managers who hold all the information, and that slows how an organization operates. Why would I want to walk around with all this info in my head? The information needs to flow and the machine needs to move. Once in a while Wriston's spotted at the Harvard Business Club. I just want to go in and hug the guy."
MONICA DODI
CEO, Entertainment Asylum.
The Famished Road by Ben Okri. "I lived overseas for 11 years, so my taste in books tends to be more international than best-seller. The premise of this story is that children who are born in a famine are spirit children. They chose to be born at this time because they plan to return to the spirit world. But the boy in the book likes this world so much that he decides not to go back. The way Okri wrote this, you're never quite sure if what's happening is real."
BILL HUNT
editor, The Digital Bits.
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam Jr. "This is a retired NASA engineer's memoir. He grew up in a poor town where he had one course in life - to be a coal miner. Inspired by the Russians launching Sputnik, he and his friends started a group and shot off rockets. I really related to the story. I was an Air Force brat and I wanted to be an astronaut. One of my earliest memories was watching astronauts on the moon. I think a lot of people have that experience ... where a moment is going to change their life forever."
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