Coming through a pandemic into a new world, a new economy, and new opportunities, it would seem to only make sense that new ideas and approaches to strategy would make sense. Unfortunately, in too many places, the approach to life now is to talk about a "new normal" that likely won't ever exist.

Roger L. Martin's new book is just the opposite. From the first page of the introduction, Mr. Martin talks about throwing out the old models and owning the models that drive your career, your actions, and your business.

In 14 chapters, Mr. Martin breaks down 14 common models for business and careers and illustrates new ways of approaching them, recreating them, and finding new solutions so that you aren't wed to old ways of doing things that don't work.

In fact, the challenge that readers are given is to constantly challenge the models, even your own.

As far as books on strategy go, this one is readable, thoughtful, and bashes the status quo.

I got a digital galley copy of the book from NetGalley. One of the things that the book tries to do (as the title suggests) is to break frames of references and thinking around key areas of running a large corporation - from thinking about talent to culture, from strategy to planning to execution, from how to value capital to mergers and acquisitions.

While every one of the chapters is based on a previously written HBR articles, the combination turns out to create the possibility of thinking about running / leading large corporations in new light.

The book is an easy read and the beauty is that we can read the chapter that we are currently struggling with and stop there, if we are pressed for time.

As always, the quality of thinking that has went into the book is really top notch.

This book comes highly recommended if you are leading or wanting to lead a large corporations in any capacity.

This book came highly touted and is chocked full of specific topics so I was very excited about reading it as a supervisor in coaching my team. It was written in such a textbook fashion that, at least for me, made it less accessible. My favorite part was actually the analysis of the NFL's Aaron Rogers' career. I will say that it is full of specific detailed examples and explores 14 unique management models. If you are looking for a work that dives so deep into such models, then this book is perfect. It is well written and displays extensive experience in command of the management models. I was provided an advance copy through NetGalley without any obligation of positive review comments.

This book was named one of "10 Must-Read Career and Leadership Books For 2022" by Forbes. Read just a few chapters in and you can see how it earned this distinguished honor. Roger Martin in concise, insightful, and clever. I am a big fan of his Harvard Business Review articles and now a fan of his book. Make the purchase. You won’t regret it.