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Book SynopsisThree Moves Ahead shows how classic chess strategies address the #1 problem of Information Age executives: how to move quickly in the face of incalculable complexities and unexpected change. This witty and novel guide, written for non-players, is packed with scores of real-world examples showing how top CEOs use Grandmaster techniques to win on Wall Street. Readers will see how a strong square strategy drove Adobe's rise from niche player to industry giant, as well as Western Union's success through a hundred years of technology changes. They'll learn how AOL has played a crucial exchange sacrifice to revive its fortunes, and how Google is taking turf from Microsoft with a minority attack. Most importantly these days, they'll find out what to do when you don''t know what to do, and avoid the fate of companies like Polaroid, Gateway, and our dearly departed Ma Bell.
A fun ride from Apprentice to Business Grandmaster. Grab it!Donald Trump
Bob Rice (Short Hills, NJ) was
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"In his thought-provoking, chess-themed book on business strategizing, Rice asserts that beginning and intermediate players tend to focus on which pieces are positioned to take or be taken, but when grandmasters examine the board they look at the squares. Rice makes fitting comparisons between chess pieces and actors in the corporate world. Lowest-level workers are compared to pawns, middle managers to knights, director-level executives to bishops and vice presidents to rooks. The central them of this book is that you have to have a plan, event if it's a bad one, to succeed in both chess and business. The idea is to adjust your plan as the game proceeds in response to the moves of the opposition."--McClatchy-Tribune News Service, April 26, 2008
Table of Contents
Preface ix
1 The Wall Street Chess Club 1
2 Three Moves Ahead? 9
3 First Mover 19
4 On the Clock 53
5 Bad Bishops 75
6 Lucky or Good? 95
7 Strong Squares 119
8 Sac the Exchange! 137
9 Classic Tactics 151
10 Decisions, Decisions 175
A Postgame Recap 189
Notes 193
About the Author 195
Index 197
