Description
Strategy doesn’t have to be boring or impenetrable: Presenting smart strategic thinking for easy and quick solutions
Part of the bestselling Concise Advice series – stylishly presented (with diagrams and illustrations) and easy to understand and apply.
How to use strategy in a smart and efficient way to solve problems and issues in business.
The first edition sold over 3,000 copies. Kevin returns with a 5th anniversary edition with an updated introduction.
Bestselling business author who has published multiple Concise Advice titles like The Excellence Book, The Diagrams Books, The Ideas Book, The Business Bullshit Book.
Book Details
Publisher: LID Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-911687-22-1
Bookbinding: Hardback
Format: 180 x 120 mm
AUTHOR
Kevin Duncan is a business adviser and marketing expert and is one of the UK’s bestselling business authors. He has written over 20 books, which have sold over 250,000 copies and been translated into over 17 languages. Kevin is British and is based in the UK.
REVIEWS
Everything starts with a strategy, but knowing where to get started can feel overwhelming. Kevin brings original thought, humour, and wisdom to convert your strategy from
a recipe for disaster into a piece of cake.
Paul Davis, Director of Marketing and Audience, BBC
As usual the style is sharp and to the point, easy to digest, accessible, and practical. Great quality bite-sized learnings and prompts to action.
Don Williams, Partner, KPMG LLP
Kevin brings clarity and simplicity to the role strategic and creative thinking can play in solving business problems. If you have a chance to be motivated by Kevin in person, it will be time very well spent.
Enjoy Nwosu, Chief Strategy Officer, Universal McCann
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