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"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “most of them view their products and services as making useful and important contributions to customers' lives”
  • “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function”
  • “Our research indicates that the authenticity of the ideology and the extent to which a company attains consistent alignment with the ideology counts more than the content of the ideology”
  • “Intentions are all fine and good, but it is the translation of those intentions into concrete items-mechanisms with teeth-that can make the difference between becoming a visionary company or forever remaining a wannabe”

First Sentence

This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Jim Collins (Author)
  2. Jerry I. Porras
 

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