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Would have received 5 starts but for the author's occasionally intrusive bigotry. Great entry into the whole Ender series. Particularly like the concept of "Speaker for the Dead".

Not too enlightening, although stuffed with useful information for the not-too-expert. I believe the broken windows theory is now largely discredited (in favour of environment lead as the reason for eg crime). Kinda makes me wonder how much of the rest of the book is anecdotal rather than evidenced?

Yawn. Maybe useful for startups, although Eric Ries' Lean Startup appeals more. Not much of relevance here to more established orgs looking to upgrade their product development capabilities.

Hardly surprising. Nor revelatory.

Why didn't I read this when it first came out? Its subject matter is, after all, very relevant to my work of e.g. Rightshifting. I didn't read it then because I didn't notice its publication. And that's most likely because it made almost no splash.

I attribute this to its turgid prose, platitudes, and flawed analysis. I'd have given it only one star but for the general premise, which I can support. Namely, that organisations in the present business climate might do well to organise themselves for "positive opportunism". Cf. Dee Hock and the Chaordic organisation.

Disappointing.