Andrew Grove

There are moments in any business when massive change occurs, when all the rules shift fast and forever. They can make or break companies and individuals, and they can happen at any moment.Andrew Grove calls such moments strategic inflection points, and he lived through several as CEO of Intel, where he transformed the company into the world's largest computer chipmaker, and the 7th most profitable company in the Fortune 500. Drawing on decades of personal experience and insight, as well as examining timeless examples from other companies, Grove reveals how to identify and exploit the key moments of change that generate either drastic failure or incredible success.Only the Paranoid Survive is a classic lesson in leadership that anyone in any industry will benefit from. Because we must all assume that something will change - very soon.

How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company and Career

Only the Paranoid Survive

Andrew S. Grove

The President and CEO of Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, reveals how to identify and exploit the key moments of change in any industry that generates either drastic failure or incredible success. Under Andrew Grove's leadership, Intel has become the world's largest computer chipmaker, the 5th most admired company in America, and the 7th most profitable company among the Fortune 500. Few CEOs can claim this level of success. Grove attributes much of it to the philosophy and strategy he has learned the hard way as he steered Intel through a series of potential major disasters. There are moments in any business when massive change occurs, when all the rules of business shift fast, furiously and forever. Grove calls such moments strategic inflection points (SIPs), and he has lived through several. They can be set off by almost anything - by mega competition, an arcane change in regulations, or by a seemingly modest change in technology. They are not always easy to spot - but you can't hide from them. Intel's first SIP was when the Japanese started producing better-quality, lower-cost memory chips. It took Grove three years and huge losses to recognize that he had to rethink and reposition the company to become, once again, leader in its field.Grove extrapolates the lessons he has learned from this and other SIPs - for instance the drama of the Pentium flaw, and the SIP brought on by the Internet - to reveal a unique insight into the management of change. He recounts strategies from other companies and examines his own record of success and failure. Only the Paranoid Survive is a classic lesson in leadership skills that every manager in every industry will benefit from. Every manager must assume that something will change - very soon.

How to Exploit the Crisis Points that Challenge Every Company and Career

Jeffrey Jose

The book introduces the concept of strategic inflection point, a moment in time in the existence of a company when things around it are rapidly changing and without decisive action, it might wither into irrelevance.

Intel went through one when it's memory business was challenged by low cost, high quality memory units from Japanese competitors. Intel found it's path, albeit painfully and pivoted to microcontroller business - and rest is history.

The book is a bit dated, especially with the examples of companies Andy holds up. Hewlett Packard, Compaq and others are not the hottest, most successful companies anymore but if you're a student of history you'll get a lot of out of this book.

I enjoyed learning about Intel's history as well as the last section of personal inflection points wrt ones career.

This book is a classic for a reason and one you should read

Emre Tekisalp

Sergei Khudovekov

Andy Grove, founder and former CEO of Intel shares his strategy for success as he takes the reader deep inside the workings of a major company in Only the Paranoid Survive. Under Andy Grove's leadership, Intel became the world's largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the world. In Only the Paranoid Survive, Grove reveals his strategy for measuring the nightmare moment every leader dreads--when massive change occurs and a company must, virtually overnight, adapt or fall by the wayside--in a new way. Grove calls such a moment a Strategic Inflection Point, which can be set off by almost anything: mega-competition, a change in regulations, or a seemingly modest change in technology. When a Strategic Inflection Point hits, the ordinary rules of business go out the window. Yet, managed right, a Strategic Inflection Point can be an opportunity to win in the marketplace and emerge stronger than ever. Grove underscores his message by examining his own record of success and failure, including how he navigated the events of the Pentium flaw, which threatened Intel's reputation in 1994, and how he has dealt with the explosions in growth of the Internet. The work of a lifetime, Only the Paranoid Survive is a classic of managerial and leadership skills.

How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company

Yuval Shoshan

Matt Woods

Keven Wang

Sapan Parikh

Drew Spartz

Rohini Anandamurugan

Ketan Nayak

Sanat Gersappa

Ivan Zarea

Goktekin Dincerler

Gabriel Jönsson

Discusses corporate transformation and demonstrates how to foresee the changes ahead that can spell success or disaster

Only the Paranoid Survive How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company and Career

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