Three Moves Ahead: What Chess Can Teach You About Business (Even If You’ve Never Played) | by Bob Rice | ISBN: 9780470178218. Business Strategy Books. Classic Chess Tactics. Principles of Chess Defense
Three Moves Ahead: What Chess Can Teach You About Business (Even If You’ve Never Played)
by Bob Rice
ISBN:9780470178218
Showing how classic chess strategies will enable you to move quickly in the face of incalculable complexities and unexpected change, this guide is packed with scores of real-world examples of how top CEOs use Grandmaster techniques to win on Wall Street.
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Three Moves Ahead—What Chess Can Teach You About Business (Even If You’ve Never Played)
Preface
Chapter One – The Wall Street Chess Club
Chapter Two – Three Moves Ahead?
Chapter Three – First Mover
Overview
First-Mover Advantage
A Classic First Mover
What’s the Big Idea?
The Chess Guide to Business Plans
Opening Principles
An Entrepreneurial Repertoire
Lessons
Chapter Four – On the Clock
Stay Ahead on the Clock
Business Time
Disciplined Urgency: Finding a Rhythm
Leaving Your Finger on It
There’s Only One Priority Zero
The Player Decides
Playing Too Fast
The Executive’s Clock
A Chess Tragedy
Lessons
Chapter Five – Bad Bishops
Overview
The Executive Team
Bishops and Knights
Bishop Pairs: 1 + 1 = 3
Don’t Get Overloaded
Prevent Pins
The Knowledge Workers
Lessons
Chapter Six – Lucky or Good?
Overview
The Nature of Plans
Emergent or Directed? Positional or Tactical?
The Planning Process
The Secret: Identify the Imbalances …
… And Then Find a Dream Position
Breaking Out of the Box
Back from Dreamland: From There to Here
A Bad Plan Is Better Than No Plan
Lessons
Chapter Seven – Strong Squares
Overview
Squares and Pieces
Just One?
What Is a Business Strong Square?
New Squares on the Board
Identifying Your Strong Square
The Greatest Player in History?
Lessons
Chapter Eight – Sac the Exchange!
The Trick Is Knowing When
How It Works
A Few Nice Moves …
How Will the Network Execs Play It?
Lessons
Chapter Nine – Classic Tactics
Principles of Attack
Principles of Defense
Respond to Wing Attacks with One in the Center
Prophylaxis
Lessons
Chapter Ten – Decisions, Decisions
First, What Has Changed?
Second, What’s That Plan Again?
Third, What Are Our Candidate Moves?
Fourth, Filter
Now, Check Your Answer!
Lessons
A Postgame Recap
Overview
Big Idea, Small Moves
No Advantage Lasts Forever
Finally, Always Replay Events with a Critical Eye
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