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Meet Justin Campbell. He’s a newly minted MBA who’s landed a coveted job in consulting. He’s headed to Chicago to serve HGS, a large client with an intriguing new technology its executives haven’t yet decided how to exploit. Constrained by a short timeline and limited information, Justin and his team use state- of-the-art strategy tools to analyze various possibilities. Justin is energized by this challenging assignment, but soon finds the application of his strategy toolkit isn’t as straightforward as he’d expected. The political and organizational forces swirling within HGS complicate his analyses and test his fundamental understanding of important strategic concepts. Justin and his cohorts aren’t “real”—What I Didn’t Learn in Business School is a business novel. But they’re realistic: they’re just like us. They are humans, not human resources, and they each have their own personality, motives, and skills. Their story reveals both the strengths and the limitations of common strategy tools. And it demonstrates tactics for navigating the messy organizational dynamics that can make or break a company’s efforts to craft successful strategies. This engaging audio book uses the power of story to present potent lessons for anyone seeking to excel at strategy management. The action moves quickly, and at the end of each chapter, you’ll find provocative questions that help you tease out vital insights that you can apply in your own work. What I Didn’t Learn in Business School is a compelling listen—whether you’re a recent business school grad struggling to apply your new knowledge or an experienced leader who already knows that no strategy is created in a vacuum.
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"One of the more engaging business books I've read. The unique novel-style format is a radical departure from the norm and worked well. The authors did a nice job walking the reader through a real-life consulting problem and how the tools learned in b-school are not the end-all be-all."
— Ashley (4 out of 5 stars)
What I Didn't Learn in Business School Listener Reviews
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" Not bad, a light read for those reading the business boards for the first time "
— Russ, 12/1/2013 -
" Great story that draws you in and opens your mind up to learn. "
— Jared, 9/9/2013 -
" The lessons presented here are valuable, but the narrative structure is often contrived. To save time, go straight to the "Suggested Reading" section at the end. "
— Brad, 4/26/2013 -
" Quick, entertaining read. Not for someone completely foreign to business terms and concepts, but a veteran probably wouldn't get too much out of it. Good read for someone who wants to know more about the daily work of strategy consultants. "
— Valentina, 6/11/2012 -
" The subtitle of the book should be "how strategy done by consultants isn't the same as in business school". Not sure it's the "real world" yet. The book was entertaining enough. I liked the review questions at the end of each chapter. "
— Nora, 6/22/2011 -
" I liked The Goal better... "
— JJ, 3/14/2011 -
" Great story that draws you in and opens your mind up to learn. "
— Jared, 12/7/2010
About the Authors
Jay
Barney is a professor of management at the Ohio State
University’s Fisher College of Business. He has published numerous articles in
strategy and management journals and is the coauthor, with Trish Gorman Clifford, of What I Didn’t Learn in Business School: How
Strategy Works in the Real World.
Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been narrating since 1996 and has recorded over six hundred audiobooks. He is a seven-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award and has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. His critically acclaimed performances include Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr. and Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin, among others.
About Lloyd James
Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been a working professional actor in theater, film, television, and voice-overs for more than thirty years. He has narrated over one thousand audiobooks and won numerous Earphones Awards and nominations for the Audie Award and the Voice Arts Award. He holds a BFA degree in acting from Santa Fe University, New Mexico.