Thank you for very important and helpful guidance for balancing between today's business priorities and tomorrow's opportunities. Fresh perspectives and ideas from team members (especially newly hired talent) should always be taken seriously to improve existing processes as well as experiment with new methodologies, tools, etc.
Andy Grove's book is not obsolete. Your phrase "paranoia is a recipe for decline as Intel has suffered from" implies that one word in the title of the book IS the content of the book. That is a gross misrepresentation of a book with this title: "Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company." If we are going to be intellectually accurate about the content of this book, you summarized it very well with your 3 bullet points describing "self-defeat disease." So much so, that I thought you were about to acknowledge Grove's genius when you made your segue to Andy Grove's book. But no, instead you buried the book as a relic of the past. I respect you so much, but that is just wrong.
Thank you for very important and helpful guidance for balancing between today's business priorities and tomorrow's opportunities. Fresh perspectives and ideas from team members (especially newly hired talent) should always be taken seriously to improve existing processes as well as experiment with new methodologies, tools, etc.
Andy Grove's book is not obsolete. Your phrase "paranoia is a recipe for decline as Intel has suffered from" implies that one word in the title of the book IS the content of the book. That is a gross misrepresentation of a book with this title: "Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company." If we are going to be intellectually accurate about the content of this book, you summarized it very well with your 3 bullet points describing "self-defeat disease." So much so, that I thought you were about to acknowledge Grove's genius when you made your segue to Andy Grove's book. But no, instead you buried the book as a relic of the past. I respect you so much, but that is just wrong.
Point taken Mark. Have added a modification/correction in an updated edit!