Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company-Fast Shipping

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Andy Grove, founder and former CEO of Intel shares his strategy for success as he takes the reader deep inside the workings of a major company in Only the Paranoid Survive.

UnderAndy Grove’s leadership, Intel became the world’s largest chipmaker and one of the most admired companies in the world. In Only the Paranoid Survive,Grove reveals his strategy for measuring thenightmare moment every leader dreads–when massive change occurs and acompany must, virtually overnight, adapt or fall by the wayside–in a new way.

Grovecalls such a moment a Strategic Inflection Point, which can be set offby almost anything: mega-competition, a change in regulations, or aseemingly modest change in technology. When a Strategic Inflection Pointhits, the ordinary rules of business go out the window. Yet, managedright, a Strategic Inflection Point can be an opportunity to win in themarketplace and emerge stronger than ever.

Grove underscores hismessage by examining his own record of success and failure, includinghow he navigated the events of the Pentium flaw, which threatenedIntel’s reputation in 1994, and how he has dealt with the explosions ingrowth of the Internet. The work of a lifetime, Only the Paranoid Survive is a classic of managerial and leadership skills.