W. Chan Kim

Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition by W. Chan Kim and Renée A. Mauborgne is an essential guide for anyone looking to transform their business strategies and leap into untapped market spaces. This acclaimed book illustrates how companies can break free from the traditional war of competition and instead, create their own "blue oceans" of uncontested market space. The authors delve...

Is your company spending too much time on strategy development—with too little to show for it? If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyse your organisation's strategy development and execution. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire...

Ten years ago, two INSEAD professors broke ground by introducing blue ocean strategy, a new model for discovering uncontested markets that are ripe for growth. In Blue Ocean Leadership (Harvard Business Review Classics), they apply their concepts and tools to what is perhaps the greatest challenge of leadership: closing the gulf between the potential and the realized talent and energy...

W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne changed the field of strategy and the language of business forever with their path-breaking blue ocean strategy, a new model for creating uncontested markets that unlock all new demand and growth. This book brings together three of their classic Harvard Business Review articles that upend traditional thinking for creating and capturing lasting value. In...

The most definitive management ideas of the century, all in one place. Harvard Business Review is the foremost destination for smart management thinking. Now, at its 100th anniversary, this commemorative volume brings together the most influential ideas since its inception. With an introduction written by editor in chief Adi Ignatius, HBR at 100 features business publishing's most influential voices on...

As established markets become less profitable, companies increasingly need to find ways to create and capture new markets. Despite much investment and commitment, most firms struggle to do this. What, exactly, is getting in their way? The authors of the best-selling book Blue Ocean Strategy have spent over a decade exploring that question. They have seen that the trouble lies...

Blue Ocean Strategy, the #1 global bestseller, forever changed how the world thinks about strategy. Now W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne offer up a bold, new idea that will transform how we all think about innovation. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice. But disruption is destructive—displacing jobs, companies, and even entire industries. Are we missing better, and even bigger,...

Most companies' change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to. If you read nothing else on change, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organisation. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change will inspire you to: lead change through eight critical stages; establish...

Set a bold vision for your company and achieve it.If you read nothing else on strategy, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classicHarvard Business Reviewarticles that will help you understand the dynamics of competition, find new sources of advantage, and create and capture lasting value.This book will inspire you to: Align your strategic thinking with...

Prepare for an uncertain future with a solid vision and innovative practices. Is your healthcare organisation spending too much time on strategy—with too little to show for it? If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones for healthcare professionals to help you...

The two landmark books, Blue Ocean Strategy and Beyond Disruption, together challenge everything you thought you knew about winning the future. These two iconic books, Blue Ocean Strategy and Beyond Disruption, together changed how the world thinks about strategy and innovation. Blue Ocean Strategy, the #1 global bestseller, reframed strategy not as a game between rivals fighting over markets and...

OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLDWALL STREET JOURNAL AND BUSINESSWEEK BESTSELLERRECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND IMPACTFUL STRATEGY BOOKS EVER WRITTENThe global phenomenon that has sold over 4 million copies, is published in a record-breaking 49 languages, and is a bestseller across 5 continents now expanded with new case studies on Nvidia and Taylor Swift.In this perennial bestseller, recognised...

Managing people is fraught with challenges—even if you're a seasoned manager. Here's how to handle them. If you read nothing else on managing people, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximise your employees' performance. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People will inspire you...

Blue Ocean Shift, authored by world-renowned professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, is a groundbreaking narrative that guides readers through the steps necessary to break free from fierce competition and create new markets. Following the immense success of their global bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy, which sold over 3.6 million copies, Kim and Mauborgne delve into over a decade of...