Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Audiobook (Unabridged)

" The first chapters are very entertaining. It then gets a bit boring but the last chapter on culture is fascinating. All in all interesting enough for three stars. "

" One of the stronger business memoirs - Gerstner has a gift for storytelling and the lessons he extracts are good ones. "

" As an IBM employee I found this book to be an enjoyable read, both to learn about IBM's history in the 1990s and to hear Gerstner's approach to addressing IBM's issues. "

" It's a book that tells how patience and wise you have to be to rise from a great failuer to huge success.. "

" This book teaches us how to deal with people and make it work when nobody thinks you can do it. "

" It's like Gerstner was talking about the University of Denver much of the time. It's great when advice can be immediately applied to your work situation. "

" IBM was on the brink of failure in the early 90's and this book talks about how Louis Gerstner joined the company as an outsider and turned around the company into profitable ways. It was an interesting read for me (esp. as I work for the company). "

" Great business book, perhaps because it was written by the man himself, rather than some ghostwriter. Easily readable reference on how to be an effective change leader. "

" Some would ask, "What was the man thinking?" With this book you can understand he was asking IBMers, "What were you thinking?" One view of the melting pot of IBM. "

" An interesting discussion of how Gerstner changed IBM's culture and focused the company on what it could do best. It was worth reading, but I think you could stop about 70% through and still take away a lot. "

" very good book. but I'm tired of reading strategy. so last chapter is still pending, but no plan to read. two stars for cardboard narration..sorry. "

" Story of turn around of IBM in 1993. Change is only certain thing in life!! "

" Some good interesting stuff, some quite trite. "

" I am not a fan of management stories because they are so lackluster and conceptual and use jargon language. Gerstner is the best of the lot - and he has a good story to tell. "

" Surprisingly good and insightful. Gerstner doesn't get the attention of the Jack Welch, but he certainly had bigger challenge and created a better company. "

" A good perspective of the tribulations of dramatic change within an organization. "

" Probably wouldn't recommend this unless someone's interested in IBM or the generic CEO's perspective. "

" Gave Gerstner's views on what he did at IBM. Some parts seemed like rationalization and some self laudatory; that comes with the territory of autobiographical business books (as well as autobiographies of politicians and other household names). "

" Good Book. The Language is somehow very advanced where he used uncommon vocabularies frequently. Business wise, it is an excellent book for anyone who wants to advance in Strategy Management and really benefit from remarkable experience. "

" Phenomenal turnaround - excellent study of strategic decision making. "

" A narrow history of Gerstner's tenure at the helm of IBM. Does not treat the OS/2 decision with any degree of detail, and emphasizes the importance of the role played by Gerstner. Did not finish the book, which was boring. "

" This is a good honest story about turning around a company, its products, its culture and changing the minds of thousands. There is one surprise after another. "

" I found Lou's experiences with IBM to be invaluable for leadership types. To walk into an industry he knows nothing about and make drastic, yet innovative changes is inspiring. It was also appealing to know that I worked at IBM while Lou was performing his magic. "

" There are a few good takeaways about how to manage people through change. It was also interesting to hear about the inside view of the turnaround of IBM. "

" Easy read considering written by a CEO. Interestng to read about what drives a CEO and what keeps them up at night. To be successfull, it seems to be based on simple concepts that most everyone can understand, actually he makes it sound easy to a certain extent. "

" Interesting read...but the book could have been structured better. Nonetheless the book delivers excellent suggestions on strategies that can be adopted in a turnaround situation "

" It was an amazing read for my first impression was not so good but by the time I completed it the feeling had a paradigm shift. I was able to understand how strategy fits in an organization, how important it is to get it right..& never late to admit you're wrong.. "

" This book was not a bad educational book to read. I would have to say that it was better than most. I liked how it was from his point of view and things that had happened and not about the technicality. "

" One of the best business books I've read. Very pragmatic, and well told. "

" Some parts of it is boring and not necessary but generally it was a worthy one "

" Very good book about large scale organization change orchestration. "

" Easy read considering written by a CEO. Interestng to read about what drives a CEO and what keeps them up at night. To be successfull, it seems to be based on simple concepts that most everyone can understand, actually he makes it sound easy to a certain extent. "

" Some would ask, "What was the man thinking?" With this book you can understand he was asking IBMers, "What were you thinking?" One view of the melting pot of IBM. "

" Excellent book. Interesting story, well told. "

" Probably wouldn't recommend this unless someone's interested in IBM or the generic CEO's perspective. "

" One of the stronger business memoirs - Gerstner has a gift for storytelling and the lessons he extracts are good ones. "

" Story of turn around of IBM in 1993. Change is only certain thing in life!! "