Saturday Odd Bits Roundup: How The Mighty Fall
by Miki SaxonGood grief. It’s already Memorial Day weekend and that means the year is half over, the weather will be kind and the kids will be underfoot out of school.
I have just one item for you today.
Not counting the current economic debacle, have you ever wondered why companies rise and then fail, much like the Roman Empire?
I’ve always wondered how things can go downhill so fast when it takes so much time to turn them around.
Fortunately for me and all like-minded folks, Jim Collins, author of Good To Great, wondered, too.
The result of Collins wondering is found in How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In.
Better than a review, read this excerpt and see if it grabs you as it did me.
On another level, what are you doing this holiday weekend? I plan to spend most of mine digging in the dirt, since our weather is finally cooperating.
Leave me a note and whoever has the most interesting plans will receive a business book. Actually, the winner will be decided at random.org.
Image credit: MykReeve on flickr
