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Review title: What Works and What Doesn't
Product review: What impressed me most about this book was the extent to which the author assured the reader about the depth of research and hard data used to draw the conclusions. While it is normal for human perspective to enter our opinions, I am convinced that the best efforts were made to be objective. One of the comments that really jumped out at me involves motivation: "Under the right conditions, problems of alignment, commitment, motivation, and change largely melt away." The idea here is that if we have the "right" folks on the Team, we don't have to motivate them. I enjoyed the discussion of the Hardiness Factor and Stockdale Paradox along with the Hedgehog Concept. It was also surprising to hear about some "expected" findings that, in fact, were not the case. All in all, this was well worth my time to read and I recommend it.
